Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing to study an outbreak of infection due to Serratia marcescens in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3138-3141

  Miranda, Guadalupe ^a,b   Kelly, Cindy ^a   Solorzano, Fortino ^b   Leanos, Blanca ^b   Coria, Rafael ^c   Patterson, Jan Evans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0029910335     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.3138-3141.1996     Document Type: Article

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