Pseudomonas aeruginosa cross-infection among patients with cystic fibrosis during a winter camp

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 177-181

  Ojeniyi, Bente ^a   Frederiksen, Birgitte ^a   Høiby, Niels ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Camps; Children; Cross infection; Cystic fibrosis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis typing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPAIN; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CAMPING; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SPUTUM;

EID: 0034054554     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(200003)29:3<177::AID-PPUL4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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