Molecular characterization of hand flora and environmental isolates in a community setting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5202-5207

  Pancholi, Preeti ^a,e   Healy, Mimi ^b   Bittner, Tracy ^b   Webb, Renee ^b   Wu, Fan ^a   Aiello, Allison ^c   Larson, Elaine ^d   Della Latta, Phyllis ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b Spectral Genomics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance   (United States)

^e University Hospital East   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAREGIVER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

COAGULASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HAND; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 26944437037     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5202-5207.2005     Document Type: Article

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