Outbreak of nosocomial diarrhoea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in a geriatric ward

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-406

  Dong, Y L ^a   Yang, Q Z ^a   Chen, S J ^a  

^a Jiaxing Second Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD HANDLING; GASTROENTERITIS; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERSONAL HYGIENE; REHYDRATION; RISK REDUCTION; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ELDERLY CARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77952562684     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.09.005     Document Type: Letter

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