A nosocomial outbreak of branhamella catarrhalis confirmed by restriction endonuclease analysis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 996-1001

  Patterson, Thomas F ^a,a,b   Patterson, Jan Evans ^a,b   Masecar, Barbara L ^a,b   Barden, Gertrude E ^a,b   Hierholzer, Walter J ^a,b   Zervos, Marcus J ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRONCHITIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; SPUTUM;

EID: 0023885404     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/157.5.996     Document Type: Article

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