Abstract
A fingertip-to-fingertip intraindividual transmission experiment was carried out in 30 healthy volunteers, using four MLST-typed Enterococcus faecium clones. Overall results showed an adequate fit goodness to a theoretical exponential model, whereas four volunteers (13%) exhibited a significantly higher finger-to-finger bacterial transmission efficiency. This observation might have deep consequences in nosocomial epidemiology
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 128-132 |
Journal | MicrobiologyOpen |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jan 2014 |