The environment as a significant cofactor for multiply resistant nosocomial infections

Seminars in Respiratory Infections

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 246-249

  Cua, Arnold ^a,b   Lutwick, Larry I ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036735012     PISSN: 08820546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/srin.2002.35541     Document Type: Review

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