Containment of a multiresistant Serratia marcescens outbreak

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-18

  Edgar, P ^a   Mlcak, R ^a   Desai, M ^a   Linares, H A ^a   Phillips, L G ^a   Heggers, John P ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOLIVIA; BURN; BURN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG BURN; MALE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPUTUM CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031015653     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(97)81117-5     Document Type: Article

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