Infection control and hygiene management in equine hospitals;Infektionsprävention und hygienemanagement in pferdekliniken

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 486-497

  Walther, Birgit ^a   Janßen, Traute ^a   Gehlen, Heidrun ^a   Vincze, Szilvia ^a   Borchers, Kerstin ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Barton, Ann Kristin ^a   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Equine hospital; ESBL; Horse; Infection control; MRSA; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 4; EQUIDAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; HOSPITAL; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84926332569     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-127-486     Document Type: Article

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