Clinical significance of extraintestinal Hafnia alvei isolates from 61 patients and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1040-1045

  Günthard, Huldrych ^b   Pennekamp, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HAFNIA ALVEI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029743591     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.6.1040     Document Type: Article

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