Control of a hospital-wide vancomycin-resistant Enterococci outbreak

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-211

  Kurup, Asok ^a   Chlebicki, M P ^b   Ling, M L ^a   Koh, T H ^a   Tan, K Y ^a   Lee, L C ^a   Howe, K B M ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIXED INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 40949098152     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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