Is Streptococcus pneumoniae a Nosocomially Acquired Pathogen?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 578-580

  Paradisi, Franco ^a   Corti, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032130478     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141784     Document Type: Article

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