Individual variability in finger-to-finger transmission efficiency of Enterococcus faecium clones

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-132

  del Campo, Rosa ^a,b   Sánchez Díaz, Ana María ^a   Zamora, Javier ^a,c   Torres, Carmen ^d   Cintas, Luis María ^e   Franco, Elvira ^f   Cantón, Rafael ^a,b   Baquero, Fernando ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO RAMÓN Y CAJAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA IRYCIS   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial transmission; Enterococcal clones; Hand hygiene.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCAL CLONES; HAND HYGIENE.;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FINGERS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND SANITIZERS; HUMANS; TOUCH;

EID: 84893776647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.156     Document Type: Article

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