Bedbugs as vectors for drug-resistant bacteria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1132-1134

  Lowe, Christopher F ^b,c   Romney, Marc G ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEDBUG BITE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CIMEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 79957648645     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1706101978     Document Type: Letter

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