Can Escherichia coli be used as an indicator organism for transmission events in hospitals?

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-173

  Van Den Broek, P J ^a   Bernards, A T ^a   Van Der Reijden, T J K ^a   Van Strijen, B ^a   Dijkshoorn, L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT CULTURE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITALS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 59449091262     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0597-0     Document Type: Article

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