Relationship between pathogenic and colonizing microorganisms detected in intensive care unit patients and in their family members and visitors

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jul;29(7):679-81. doi: 10.1086/588703.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Carrier State / transmission
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Cross Infection / transmission
  • Family*
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria* / growth & development
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria* / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria* / pathogenicity
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Methicillin / pharmacology
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Nose / microbiology
  • Skin / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / transmission
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / growth & development
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / pathogenicity
  • Visitors to Patients*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Methicillin