Environmental Contamination with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in an Outpatient Setting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 515-518

  Smith, Theresa L ^a   Iwen, Peter C ^a   Olson, Susan B ^a   Rupp, Mark E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0032113637     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141404     Document Type: Article

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