Article
Enterobacteriaceae isolates from the oral cavity of workers in a Brazilian oncology hospital.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000
Leão-Vasconcelos Lara Stefânia Netto de Oliveira, Lima Ana Beatriz Mori, Costa Dayane de Melo, Rocha-Vilefort Larissa Oliveira, Oliveira Ana Claúdia Alves de, Gonçalves Nádia Ferreira, Vieira José Daniel Gonçalves, Prado-Palos Marinésia Aparecida
Abstract excerpt
The evaluation of workers as potential reservoirs and disseminators of pathogenic bacteria has been described as a strategy for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of Enterobacteriaceae in the oral cavity of workers at an oncology hospital in the Midwest region of Brazil, as well as to characterize the phenotypic profile of the...
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