Extended survival of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae on dry surfaces

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 445-447

  Havill, Nancy L ^a   Boyce, John M ^a   Otter, Jonathan A ^b,c  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Bioquell UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CELL VIABILITY; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; WATER SAMPLING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; TIME;

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84895788320     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675606     Document Type: Note

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