Prevalence and Incidence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms among Hospitalized Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

Alon Vaisman; Kevin Pivovarov; Allison McGeer; Barbara Willey; Bjug Borgundvaag; Vanessa Porter; Piraveina Gnanasuntharam; Yanliang Wei; Geoffrey C Nguyen

doi:10.1155/2013/609230

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2013)

Prevalence and Incidence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms among Hospitalized Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

Alon Vaisman,
Kevin Pivovarov,
Allison McGeer,
Barbara Willey,
Bjug Borgundvaag,
Vanessa Porter,
Piraveina Gnanasuntharam,
Yanliang Wei,
Geoffrey C Nguyen

Affiliations

Alon Vaisman: Mount Sinai Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, University of Toronto, Canada
Kevin Pivovarov: Mount Sinai Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, University of Toronto, Canada
Allison McGeer: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
Barbara Willey: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
Bjug Borgundvaag: Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vanessa Porter: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
Piraveina Gnanasuntharam: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
Yanliang Wei: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
Geoffrey C Nguyen: Mount Sinai Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, University of Toronto, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/609230
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 4
pp. e117 – e121

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experience frequent hospitalizations and use of immunosuppressive medications, which may predispose them to colonization with antimicrobial-resistant organisms (ARO).

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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