E Bouza, J A García Navarro, S Alonso, J C Duran Alonso, C Escobar, B J Fontecha Gómez, M I Galvá Borrás, A J García Rojas, F J Gómez Pavón, D Gracia, J Gutiérrez Rodríguez, M Kestler, F Martínez Cuervo, F J Martín Sánchez, C Melero, C Escobar, R Menéndez Villanueva, P Muñoz, E Palomo, J M Pérez-Castejón Garrote, J A Serra Rexach, S J Santaeugenia, F J Tarazona Santabalbina, M T Vidán Astiz
A progressively increasing percentage of the elderly live during the last years of their lives in nursing homes. Although these institutions are intended to mimic life at home as much as possible, they have characteristics that make them quite similar to a "nosocomiun", i.e. an establishment for the treatment of the sick. The very coexistence among the elderly, the fact of sharing caregivers and the very significant exposure to third parties, together with the frequent predisposing diseases to infection in this population, make infection frequent among residents and also easily transmissible...
March 29, 2023: Revista Española de Quimioterapia: Publicación Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Quimioterapia