Infection-control measures reduce transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in an endemic setting

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-272

  Montecalvo, Marisa A ^a,b,c   Jarvis, William R ^a,b   Uman, Jane ^a,b,d   Shay, David K ^a,b   Petrullo, Coleen ^a,b,c   Rodney, Karen ^a,b   Gedris, Cheryl ^a,b   Horowitz, Harold W ^a,b,c   Wormser, Gary P ^a,b,c  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d 317 Broxton Road ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033578480     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-4-199908170-00006     Document Type: Article

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