Risk factors for the acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci during a single-strain outbreak at a major Australian teaching hospital

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作者：
McEvoy, SP [1 ]
Plant, AJ
Pearman, JW
Christiansen, KJ
机构：
[1] Univ Western Australia, Sch Populat Hlth, Perth, WA, Australia
[2] Curtin Univ Technol, Ctr Emerging Infect Dis, Australian Biosecur Cooperat Res, Perth, WA, Australia
[3] Royal Perth Hosp, Dept Microbiol & Infect Dis, Perth, WA, Australia
[4] Curtin Univ Technol, Royal Perth Hosp, Dept Microbiol & Infect Dis, Perth, WA, Australia
[5] Curtin Univ Technol, Royal Perth Hosp, Sch Biomed Sci, Perth, WA, Australia
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JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION | 2006年 / 62卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1016/j.jhin.2005.06.018
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
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