Use of strain typing data to estimate bacterial transmission rates in healthcare settings

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 638-645

  Jackson, Brian R ^a,b   Thomas, Alun ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^a,b   Adler, Frederick R ^c   Samore, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIMULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 23044440058     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502594     Document Type: Article

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