A pseudo-outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 461-464

  Grinbaum, Renato Satovschi ^a,c   Guimarães, Thaís ^a   Kusano, Elisa ^a   Hosino, Nair ^a   Sader, Helio ^b   Ferraz Cereda, Rosangela ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Fed University of São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; WARD;

EID: 0038045154     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502235     Document Type: Article

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