Agrobacterium radiobacter as a Cause of Pseudobacteremia

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 345-347

  Rogues, Anne Marie ^a   Sarlangue, Jean ^a   De Barbeyrac, Bertille ^a   Doerman, Henri Pierre ^a   Helmer, Catherine ^a   Labadie, Jean Claude ^a   Delfeau, Christine ^a   Sandler, Boris ^a   Bebear, Christiane ^a   Gachie, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; RHIZOBIUM; STANDARD;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033124526     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501630     Document Type: Article

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