Patient-to-patient spread of a single strain of Corynebacterium striatum causing infections in a surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2089-2094

  Brandenburg, Afke H ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Van Pelt, Cindy ^a   Bruining, Hajo A ^a   Mouton, Johan W ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM;

EID: 0029760876     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2089-2094.1996     Document Type: Article

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