How important is patient-to-patient transmission in extended-spectrum β-lactamase Escherichia coli acquisition

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-101

  Harris, Anthony D ^a,b   Kotetishvili, Mamuka ^a   Shurland, Simone ^a   Johnson, Judy A ^b   Morris, J Glenn ^a   Nemoy, Lucia L ^a,b   Johnson, J Kristie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; BALTIMORE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33847113176     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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