[Bacterial genotyping in nosocomial infections].

Abstract excerpt

Hospitalized patients are at unusually high risk of infections, and furthermore, the hospital environment favors the acquisition of resistance to antimicrobial agents, complicating the treatment of nosocomial infections due to drug-resistant pathogens. The prevention of nosocomial infections, based on a surveillance system as an essential element of an infection control program, is the only way to reduce...

Topics

• Bacterial Typing Techniques
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Cross Infection
• Genotype
• Humans
• Phenotype