Multidrug-resistant organisms in a routine ward environment: Differential propensity for environmental dissemination and implications for infection control

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART5, 2013, Pages 766-772

  Tan, Thean Yen ^a   Tan, Jasmine Shi Min ^b   Tay, Huiyi ^b   Chua, Gek Hong ^a   Yong Ng, Lily Siew ^a   Syahidah, Nur ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL SPECIES; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WARD;

EID: 84876556226     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.052860-0     Document Type: Article

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