Burden of imported cases of infection or colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms in a German University Hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1195-1196

  Meyer, Elisabeth ^a,b   Conrad, Andreas ^a   Schneider, Christian ^a   Serr, Annerose ^a   Babikir, Regina ^a   Dettenkofer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 56749155824     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592409     Document Type: Letter

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