Epidemiologic application of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to an outbreak of Campylobacter fetus meningitis in a neonatal intensive care unit

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-270

  Morooka, Tatsuya ^a   Umeda, Akiko ^b   Fujita, Masaki ^b   Matano, Hiromi ^a   Fujimoto, Shuji ^b   Yukitake, Ko ^a   Amako, Kazunobu ^b   Oda, Teiichi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CASE REPORT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0029778089     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609027170     Document Type: Article

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