Dissemination of antibiotic-resistant enterococci within the ward environment: The role of airborne bacteria and the risk posed by unrecognized carriers
- 18 June 2012
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 41 (1), 57-60
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.031
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