Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in intensive-care hospital settings: Transmission dynamics, persistence, and the impact of infection control programs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 6908-6913

  Austin, Daren J ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^b   Weinstein, Robert A ^c   Slaughter, Sarah ^d   Anderson, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical models; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VANCOMYCIN;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 0033535949     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.12.6908     Document Type: Article

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