Patterns of nosocomial infections, multidrug-resistant microorganisms, and mold detection after extensive black-water flooding: A survey from central Thailand

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 861-863

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Khawcharoenporn, Thana ^a   Mundy, Linda M ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b LM Mundy LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; FLOODING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROORGANISM; MOULD; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT MICROORGANISM; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THAILAND;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CROSS INFECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLOODS; FUNGI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SAFETY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THAILAND; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84880079910     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671277     Document Type: Note

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