Risk factors for fecal colonization with multiple distinct strains of escherichia coli among long-term care facility residents

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-493

  Lautenbach, Ebbing ^a,b,c,d   Tolomeo, Pam ^a,c   Black, Nicole ^a,c   Maslow, Joel N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^d Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PHILADELPHIA; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VETERANS;

EID: 67649726881     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597234     Document Type: Article

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