The toilet as a transmission vector of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-241

  Noble, M A ^a   Isaac Renton, J L ^a   Bryce, E A ^a   Roscoe, D L ^a   Roberts, F J ^a   Walker, M ^a   Scharf, S ^a   Walsh, A ^a   Altamirano Dimas, M ^a   Gribble, M ^a  

^a VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Environment; Nosocomial infection; Risk factors; Toilet facilities; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 13144262828     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90141-4     Document Type: Article

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