A nosocomial outbreak due to Enterobacter cloacae strains with the E. hormaechei genotype in patients treated with fluoroquinolones

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1008-1010

  Davin Regli, Anne ^a,d   Bosi, Claude ^a   Charrel, Remi ^a   Ageron, Elizabeth ^b   Papazian, Laurent ^c   Grimont, Patrick A D ^b   Cremieux, Andree ^a   Bollet, Claude ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^d Laboratoire de Microbiologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER HORMAECHEI;

EID: 0030900275     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.1008-1010.1997     Document Type: Article

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