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cord-302619-3hbbpmnt	Strausbaugh, L. J.	Emerging health care-associated infections in the geriatric population.	2001		.txt	text/plain	2633	141	37	TB is the most The increasing number of persons >65 years of age form a special population at risk for nosocomial and other health care-associated infections. TB is the most The increasing number of persons >65 years of age form a special population at risk for nosocomial and other health care-associated infections. As a health care-associated infection in this age group, TB comes to the fore in hospital and nursing home outbreaks (11) . Adult daycare centers and home care services, which have proliferated under medical auspices in recent years, provide additional avenues for geriatric populations to acquire health careassociated infections. For example, in a 2-year serologic study of selected pathogens causing respiratory tract infections and febrile episodes in two Canadian long-term care facilities, Orr and colleagues identified a positive serologic response to Chlamydia pneumoniae in 9.4% of 224 Health care-associated infections caused by antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria have caused both endemic infections and outbreaks in nursing homes in the United States.	./cache/cord-302619-3hbbpmnt.txt	./txt/cord-302619-3hbbpmnt.txt