Recovery of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci on Fingertips and Environmental Surfaces

Major trends in the microbial etiology of nosocomial infection

1991 • 1,131 citations

Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium with transferable vanB class vancomycin resistance

1994 • 516 citations

Hospital-acquired Infection with Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Transmitted by Electronic Thermometers

1992 • 515 citations

Handwashing Practices for the Prevention of Nosocomial Infections

1975 • 353 citations

Prospective, controlled study of vinyl glove use to interrupt Clostridium difficile nosocomial transmission

1990 • 319 citations

A Cluster of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in an Intensive Care Unit

1992 • 261 citations

Examination Gloves as Barriers to Hand Contamination in Clinical Practice

1993 • 232 citations

The Inanimate Environment of an Intensive Care Unit as a Potential Source of Nosocomial Bacteria: Evidence for Long Survival of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

1989 • 178 citations

Nosocomial respiratory tract infection and colonization with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

1978 • 166 citations

Infections Due to Beta-Lactamase-producing, High-Level Gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis

1992 • 106 citations

Recovery of vancomycin-resistant gram-positive cocci from pediatric liver transplant recipients

1991 • 106 citations

The survival of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus inoculated on fingertips and on formica

1990 • 99 citations

Hygienic hand disinfection for the removal of epidemic vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and gentamicin-resistant Enterobacter cloacae

1991 • 90 citations

Survival of multiply-resistant Klebsiella aerogenes and other Gram-negative bacilli on finger-tips

1983 • 74 citations

Spread of resistant Gram-negative bacilli in a burns unit

1982 • 30 citations

Death warrant for US technology assessment agency

1995 • 1 citations