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Antibiotic consumption to detect epidemics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a burn centre: A paradigm shift in the epidemiological surveillance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial infections

Published inBurns, vol. 42, no. 3, p. 564-570
Publication date2016
Abstract

The control of antibiotic resistance and nosocomial infections are major challenges for specialized burn centres. Early detection of those epidemic outbreaks is crucial to limit the human and financial burden. We hypothesize that data collected by antibiotic consumption medico-economic surveys could be used as warning signal to detect early nosocomial outbreaks.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
  • Burn Units
  • Burns/epidemiology
  • Catheter-Related Infections/drug therapy/epidemiology
  • Cross Infection/drug therapy/epidemiology
  • Epidemics
  • Epidemiological Monitoring
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pseudomonas Infections/drug therapy/epidemiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Respiratory Tract Infections/drug therapy/epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Switzerland/epidemiology
  • Wound Infection/drug therapy/epidemiology
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FOURNIER, Anne et al. Antibiotic consumption to detect epidemics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a burn centre: A paradigm shift in the epidemiological surveillance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial infections. In: Burns, 2016, vol. 42, n° 3, p. 564–570. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2015.10.030
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