Comparison of three methods to recover vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) from perianal and environmental samples collected during a hospital outbreak of VRE

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 775-779

  Reisner, Barbara S ^a   Shaw, Stephanie ^b   Huber, Mary E ^a   Woodmansee, Carla E ^b   Costa, Silvia ^b   Falk, Pamela S ^b   Mayhall, C Glen ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0034544904     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501734     Document Type: Article

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