Susceptibility of antibiotic-susceptible and antibiotic-resistant hospital bacteria to disinfectants

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 417-421

  Rutala, William A ^a,b   Stiegel, Marsha M ^b   Sarubbi, Felix A ^c   Weber, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c East Tennessee University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORTH CAROLINA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031156868     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141249     Document Type: Article

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