Molecular epidemiology of a nosocomial outbreak due to enterobacter cloacae and enterobacter agglomerans in campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Gonçalves, Célia R ^a   Vaz, Tania M I ^a   Leitie, Daniela ^a   Pisani, Beatriz ^a   Simões, Marlse ^a   Prandi, Maria Angela M ^a   Rocha, Marilu M M ^a   Cesar, Paulo C ^b   Trabasso, Piinio ^c   Von Nowakonski, Angela ^c   Irino, Kinue ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Maternidade de Campinas   (Brazil)

^c Utiversidade de Campinas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entembacter agglomerans; Entembacter cloacae; Nosocomial outbreak; Ribotyping; Serotypes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RIBOTYPING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0034050371     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000100001     Document Type: Article

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