Bottled water as a source of multi-resistant Stenotrophomonas and Pseudomonas species for neutropenic patients

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-14

  Wilkinson, F H ^a   Kerr, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neutropenia; Pseudomonas; Stenotrophomonas; Water

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MINERAL WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPENIA; PH; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TEMPERATURE; XANTHOMONAS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINERAL WATERS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TEMPERATURE; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 0032009726     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.1998.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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