Outbreak of multiply resistant enterobacteriaceae in an intensive care unit: Epidemiology and risk factors for acquisition

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 430-436

  Lucet, Jean Christophe ^a   Chevret, Sylvie ^b   Deeré, Dominique ^b   Vanjak, Dominique ^b   Macrez, Annick ^b   Bédos, Jean Pierre ^b   Wolff, Michel ^b   Regnier, Bernard ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029740750     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.3.430     Document Type: Article

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