Contribution of Tap Water and Environmental Surfaces to Nosocomial Transmission of Antibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-345

  Muscarella, Lawrence F ^a  

^a Custom Ultrasonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; TAP WATER;

ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 1942420293     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502402     Document Type: Review

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