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Should We Screen Patients for Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Intensive Care Units?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elisabeth Meyer ,
Annerose Serr ,
Christian Schneider ,
Stefan Utzolino ,
Winfried V. Kern ,
Regina Scholz  and
Markus Dettenkofer
Elisabeth Meyer*
Affiliation:
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Annerose Serr
Affiliation:
Department for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Christian Schneider
Affiliation:
Department for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Stefan Utzolino
Affiliation:
Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Winfried V. Kern
Affiliation:
Center for Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Regina Scholz
Affiliation:
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Markus Dettenkofer
Affiliation:
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
*
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 12, 12203 Berlin, Germany (elisabeth.meyer@charite.de)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 103 - 105
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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