Characteristics of a large cluster of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in an Australian hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-153

  Cooper, Elizabeth ^a   Paull, Amalie ^a   O'Reilly, Mary ^a  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 0036128588     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502027     Document Type: Article

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