Vancomycin-resistant enterococci outbreak, Germany, and calculation of outbreak start

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-319

  Sagel, Ulrich ^a   Schulte, Berit ^b   Heeg, Peter ^b   Borgmann, Stefan ^b,c  

^a Analyse BioLab GmbH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CALCULATION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 38949174258     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1402.070752     Document Type: Article

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