An Individual-Based Model of Transmission of Resistant Bacteria in a Veterinary Teaching Hospital

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 6; p. e98589
• Main Authors: Suthar, Neeraj, Roy, Sandip, Call, Douglas R., Besser, Thomas E., Davis, Margaret A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 03.06.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Allen, Paul G; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bacteria; Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Bacterial Infections - transmission; Biology and Life Sciences; Colonization; Computer simulation; Contamination; Cross Infection - transmission; Decontamination; Disease transmission; Disinfection; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Escherichia coli; Health aspects; Health care; Hospitals; Hospitals, Animal - statistics & numerical data; Hospitals, Teaching - statistics & numerical data; Housing; Hygiene; Infection; Infection control; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Medical personnel; Medicine and Health Sciences; Morbidity; Nosocomial infection; Nosocomial infections; Parameter sensitivity; Pathogens; Patients; Risk; Sensitivity analysis; Surgery; Veterinarians; Veterinary colleges; Veterinary medicine; Workers; United States > US

Veterinary nosocomial infections caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria cause increased morbidity, higher cost and length of treatment and increased zoonotic risk because of the difficulty in treating them. In this study, an individual-based model was developed to investigate the effects of movemen...