MDRO Colonization Among Nursing Homes Patients: A Risk Classification Tool for Early Identification

• Main Authors: Ganga Vijayasiri (Author), Lona Mody (Author), Kristen Panson (Author), Marco Cassone (Author), Andrzej Galecki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Nursing homes (NHs) have high prevalence of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) with rates exceeding those in hospitals. This study proposes quantifying patients' risk of MDRO colonization and creating a risk profile for the NH patient populations to assist in reducing MDRO burde...