Soil, seed and climate: Developing a strategy for prevention and management of infections in UK nursing homes

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Stone, S P ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; STEROID; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIURIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA; INTESTINE INFECTION; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POLICY; PREVALENCE; SKIN INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033399082     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90063-4     Document Type: Article

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