Nosocomial bacteremia caused by enterobacter sakazaku and leuconostoc mesenteroides resulting from extrinsic contamination of infant formula

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 447-449

  Noriega, Fernando R ^a   Kotloff, Karen L ^a   Martin, Michael A ^a   Schwalbe, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Enterobacter; Leuconostoc; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LEUCONOSTOC; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0025347616     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199006000-00018     Document Type: Article

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