Health care-associated infections caused by antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria have caused both endemic infections and outbreaks in nursing homes in the United States. The frequent movement of patients between hospitals and nursing homes undoubtedly facilitates the transfer of resistant microbes. During the last 2 decades, gram-negative uropathogens with multidrug resistance and methicillin-resistant S. aureus have received the most attention[. Gram-negative enteric bacilli have recently become resistant to fluoroquinolones and extended-spectrum cephalosporins. In addition, vancomycin-resistant enterococci and penicillin-resistant pneumococci have been identified in long-term care facilities[. The appearance of the latter organism, which is seldom regarded as a nosocomial pathogen, again underscores the unique situation of this health-care setting. Because the frequent interchange of patients between hospitals and nursing homes, infections caused by antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria will continue to emerge in geriatric populations.
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