Bacterial contamination of clothes and environmental items in a third-level hospital in Colombia

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Catano J C ^a   Echeverri, L M ^b   Szela, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b San Vicente Foundation University Hospital   (Colombia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOTHING; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KEYBOARD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84859738649     PISSN: 1687708X     EISSN: 16877098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/507640     Document Type: Article

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