Epidemiological Study of Hospital-Acquired Infection with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium: Possible Transmission by an Electronic Ear-Probe Thermometer

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 771-774

  Porwancher, Richard ^a   Sheth, Anish ^b   Remphrey, Susan ^b   Taylor, Eileen ^b   Hinkle, Cynthia ^b   Zervos, Marcus ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THERMOMETER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; THERMOMETERS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031265786     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141323     Document Type: Article

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