Pseudo-outbreak of listeriosis elucidated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 756-760

  La Scola, B ^a   Fournier, P E ^b   Musso, D ^b   Tissot Dupont, H ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Unit Salvator Hospital Public Assistance Marseille Hospitals University Aix Marseille II   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RISK MANAGEMENT; TENOSYNOVITIS;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0030700256     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709260     Document Type: Article

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