Health Management for Older Adults III - Controlling Infectious Disease -- Klebsiella/E coli

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Therefore, one is apt to find today in a nursing home patient E coli that are resistant to quinolones such as ciprofloxacin which is commonly used.

One is likely to find Klebsiella and E coli bacteria that may be resistant to some of the third generation cephalosporins because of the presence of ESBLs in this population (and the term ESBALs refers to Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing bacteria which confer resistance to first, second and third generation cephalosporins due to the presence of plasmids carrying altered beta-lactamases that degrade these cephalosporins.)