Clinical, bacteriological, and serological aspects of Klebsiella infections and their spondylarthropathic sequelae

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 393-399

  Sahly, Hany ^a   Podschun, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

EID: 0030762116     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.4.393-399.1997     Document Type: Short Survey

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