Dissemination of antibiotic-resistant enterococci within the ward environment: The role of airborne bacteria and the risk posed by unrecognized carriers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-60

  Muzslay, Monika ^a   Moore, Ginny ^a   Turton, Jane F ^b   Wilson, A Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne dissemination; Hospital environment contamination; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WARD;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84872032298     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.031     Document Type: Article

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