Cluster of Bacillus species bacteremia cases in neonates during a hospital construction project

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1035-1038

  Campbell, Judith R ^a,b   Hulten, Kristina ^a   Baker, Carol J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Woman's Hospital of Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT;

BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 80053160698     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661910     Document Type: Article

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