Bacterial Colonization of Patients Undergoing International Air Transport: A Prospective Epidemiologic Study

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-48

  Fischer, Doris ^a,b   Veldman, Alex ^a   Diefenbach, Michael ^c   Schäfer, Volker ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c Med Call GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AVIATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BAHAMAS; BELGIUM; CANDIDA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EASTERN EUROPE; EGYPT; ENTEROBACTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; GHANA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOROCCO; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; TUNISIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1042278760     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.13647     Document Type: Article

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