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Computer keyboards and faucet handles as reservoirs of nosocomial pathogens in the intensive care unit  Sergio Bures, MD, Joel T. Fishbain, MD, Catherine.

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1 Computer keyboards and faucet handles as reservoirs of nosocomial pathogens in the intensive care unit  Sergio Bures, MD, Joel T. Fishbain, MD, Catherine F.T. Uyehara, PhD, Joseph M. Parker, MD, Benjamin W. Berg, MD  American Journal of Infection Control  Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages (December 2000) DOI: /mic Copyright © 2000 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Results of cultures from keyboards, faucets, and patient isolates. Results grouped by rooms in the MICU. Numbers represent collection periods 1 through 8. Each group of blocks represents a separate room. Doctor’s and Nurse’s refers to work stations that contain only keyboards. K, Keyboard; F, faucet; P, patient. Lines under collection periods represent patients continually present in that room or moved to other rooms (solid line is one patient, dotted line is another patient). American Journal of Infection Control  , DOI: ( /mic ) Copyright © 2000 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Results of PFGE. Strains of MRSA were grouped by using the number of lines of similarity as outlined by Tenover et al.4Arrows mark control lanes. American Journal of Infection Control  , DOI: ( /mic ) Copyright © 2000 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Culture and PFGE results for MRSA isolates. Background information is identical to Fig 1. Letters A, A ′, B, and C represent strain identities from PFGE results noted in Fig 2. American Journal of Infection Control  , DOI: ( /mic ) Copyright © 2000 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc Terms and Conditions

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