Epidemiology of infection and colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and frequency of cocolonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 880-882

  Benson, Lacey ^a   Sprague, Bruce ^b   Campos, Joseph ^b,c   Singh, Nalini ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RISK FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 34447343612     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518454     Document Type: Article

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