Salmonella typhimurium: Transmission by Fiberoptic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 241, Issue 10, 1979, Pages 1013-1015

  Beecham, H James ^a   Cohen, Mitchell L ^b   Parkin, William E ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; POVIDONE IODINE;

DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPY; FIBEROSCOPE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS;

AGED; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; FECES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0018748807     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1979.03290360029022     Document Type: Article

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