Prevalence of oropharyngeal antibiotic‐resistant flora among residents of aged care facilities: a pilot study |
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| Authors: | Christopher D. Etherton‐Beer Tim Inglis Grant Waterer |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Medicine and Pharmacology and Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;2. Geriatric Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;3. School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;4. Respiratory Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | drug resistance microbial Gram‐negative bacteria nursing homes oropharynx |
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