Frequency of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-Producing and non-KPC-producing Klebsiella species contamination of healthcare workers and the environment

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 426-429

  Rock, Clare ^a   Thom, Kerri A ^a   Masnick, Max ^a   Kristie Johnson, J ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^a   Morgan, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL GOWN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYMOLOGY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BALTIMORE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 84895782875     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675598     Document Type: Article

References (6)

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