Is Escherichia coli bacteraemia preventable?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-104

  Melzer, Mark ^a   Welch, Cathy ^b  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE VOLUME;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84856152204     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70356-5     Document Type: Letter

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