Epidemiology of nosocomial infection and resistant organisms in patients admitted for the first time to an acute rehabilitation unit

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 425-432

  Mylotte, Joseph M ^a,b   Graham, Robin ^a   Kahler, Lucinda ^a   Young, Lauren ^a   Goodnough, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0034076382     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313708     Document Type: Article

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