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Environmental contamination across multiple hospital departments with multidrug-resistant bacteria pose an elevated risk of healthcare-associated infections in Kenyan hospitals
BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are often caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria contaminating hospital environments which can cause outbreaks as well as sporadic transmission. METHODS: This study systematically sampled and utilized standard bacteriological culture methods...
Autores principales: | Odoyo, Erick, Matano, Daniel, Tiria, Fredrick, Georges, Martin, Kyanya, Cecilia, Wahome, Samuel, Mutai, Winnie, Musila, Lillian |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053033/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36978195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01227-x |
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