Environmental contamination by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-181

  Lerner, A ^a   Adler, A ^a   Abu Hanna, J ^a   Meitus, I ^a   Navon Venezia, S ^a   Carmeli, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BROTH DILUTION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PLATING MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 84871705901     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01992-12     Document Type: Article

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