Prospective evaluation of environmental contamination by Clostridium difficile in isolation side rooms

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 204-209

  Verity, P ^a   Wilcox, M H ^a   Fawley, W ^a   Parnell, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; LYSOZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035174416     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1078     Document Type: Article

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