Abstract:
:Food is an established source of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Hand hygiene and cooking prevent transmission, but hands could be recontaminated by touching used cutting boards. ESBL-producing Escherichia coli were identified on 12% of cutting boards and 50% of gloves after poultry preparation, pointing to an important source for transmission.
journal_name
Infect Control Hosp Epidemioljournal_title
Infection control and hospital epidemiologyauthors
Tschudin-Sutter S,Frei R,Stephan R,Hächler H,Nogarth D,Widmer AFdoi
10.1086/675831subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-05-01 00:00:00pages
581-4issue
5eissn
0899-823Xissn
1559-6834journal_volume
35pub_type
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更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
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doi:
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doi:10.1086/647172
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1086/649020
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1086/647742
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
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