Risk of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cross-colonisation in patients with cystic fibrosis within a holiday camp - A molecular-epidemiological study

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 329-333

  Hunfeld, Klaus Peter ^a   Schmidt, Claudia ^a   Krackhardt, Bernhard ^a   Posselt, Hans Georg ^a   Bargon, Jürgen ^a   Yahaf, Yacub ^b   Schäfer, Volker ^a   Brade, Volker ^a   Wichelhaus, Thomas Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross colonisation; Cystic fibrosis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Social contact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0034616033     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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