Nosocomial Penicillin-Resistant Pneumococcal Infections at a Midwestern University Hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 782-784

  Little, J Russell ^a   Miller, James ^a   Kahn, Michael G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; ODDS RATIO; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032175015     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141425     Document Type: Article

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