The American journal of emergency medicine
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Observational Study
Incidence of bacteremia and antimicrobial resistance, and associated factors among patients transferred from long-term care hospital.
To evaluate the prevalence of bacteremia and antimicrobial resistance, and associated factors among infectious patients transferred from long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). ⋯ The prevalence of bloodstream infections in patients admitted from LTCH was high (20.4%) with majority of these infections from resistant bacteria. Procalcitonin levels were significantly higher in bacteremic patients with an increasing trend towards bacteria in the antimicrobial resistant groups.