Prevalence of oropharyngeal antibiotic-resistant flora among residents of aged care facilities: a pilot study.
Residents in 11 long-term care facilities, and presenting to a single tertiary hospital site, were sampled to estimate prevalence of oropharyngeal colonization with resistant Gram-negative bacteria. From 124 residents, only one isolate (0.8%; 95% confidence interval 0.0%, 4.4) was multi-resistant (an extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli) indicating that different treatment recommendations for respiratory infections in this population may not be justified.
School of Medicine and Pharmacology and Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.|Geriatric Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Christopher D
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5148-0188
CD
Etherton-Beer
School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Tim
T
Inglis
School of Medicine and Pharmacology and Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.|Respiratory Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Grant
G
Waterer
D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D012112:Residential Facilities
Gram-negative bacteria; drug resistance; microbial; nursing homes; oropharynx