Faucet aerators: A source of patient colonization with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-63

  Weber, David J ^a,b   Rutala, William A ^a,b   Blanchet, Cherie N ^b   Jordan, Michelle ^b   Gergen, Maria F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0033025150     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(99)70077-5     Document Type: Article

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