The prevalence of fecal colonization with VRE among residents of long-term-care facilities in Melbourne, Australia

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 576-578

  Padiglione, Alexander A ^a,b   Grabsch, Elizabeth ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^b   Gibson, Kimberly ^a   Grayson, M Lindsay ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME;

EID: 0035192730     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501955     Document Type: Article

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