Are plants vectors for transmission of infection in acute care?

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-124

  LaCharity, Linda A ^a   McClure, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PLANT; REVIEW; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; FLOWER; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FLOWERS; HUMANS; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 2342580795     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5885(02)00037-0     Document Type: Review

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