Modeling the spread of resistant nosocomial pathogens in an intensive-care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-92

  Sébille, Véronique ^a   Chevret, Sylvie ^a,b   Valleron, Alain Jacques ^a  

^a Inst Federatif S Antoine Rech S   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0031068391     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30142395     Document Type: Article

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