Microbial flora of hands of homemakers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 72-79

  Larson, Elaine L ^a,d   Gomez Duarte, Cabilia ^a   Lee, Lillian V ^b   Della Latta, Phyllis ^b   Kain, D James ^c   Keswick, Bruce H ^c  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HOME; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037388318     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2003.33     Document Type: Article

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