Bacteriological and serological findings in a further case of transfusion-mediated Yersinia enterocolitica sepsis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2788-2790

  Strobel, E ^a   Heesemann, J ^b   Mayer, G ^c   Peters, J ^d   Muller Weihrich S ^d   Emmerling, P ^a  

^a Inst F Med Mikrobiol I   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Amtlicher Blutspendedienst   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0033942341     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2788-2790.2000     Document Type: Article

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