title: Staphylococci, Catecholamine Inotropes and Hospital-Acquired Infections.
abstract: Patients in hospital intensive care units have long been recognized as being at high risk for developing infections from bacteria, fungi, and viruses from within the hospital locality. Risk factors for development of nosocomial infections have usually focussed on the patient's physical condition and the number and type of invasive medical procedures administered. Using the staphylococci as its focus, this chapter presents recent evidence that some of the medications routinely used in the treatment of acutely ill patients may also be a risk factor for the development of nosocomial infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, School of Medicine, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK. ppef1@le.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Primrose P E
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Freestone
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, School of Medicine, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK.
authors.forename: Noura
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Dayan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, MS 8162, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA.|Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lyte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018441:Biofilms; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D012307:Risk Factors; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002395:Catecholamines