Nosocomial pseudoepidemic caused by Bacillus cereus traced to contaminated ethyl alcohol from a liquor factory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2280-2284

  Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b   Yang, Pan Chyr ^a   Pan, Hui Lu ^a   Ho, Shen Wu ^a,b   Luh, Kwen Tay ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033002685     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2280-2284.1999     Document Type: Article

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