Transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus among family members: A case study

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-20

  Neuman, Karen ^a   Cox, Donald ^b   Bullough, Kathleen ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Garden City Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031888623     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn1501_2     Document Type: Article

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