Influential outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections in the past decade

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Srinivasan, Arjun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 78449253967     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655987     Document Type: Conference Paper

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