Heterogeneity among infecting strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in diverse departments of a large Tunisian hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-327

  Ben Slama, K ^a   Boudabous, A ^a   Skande, G ^a   Cherif, A ^a   Chedlya, F ^b   Boelens, H ^c   Maaskant, J ^c   Verbrugh, H ^c   Van Belkum, A ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospital related epidemiology; PFGE; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pyocin typing; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

PYOCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIME; TUNISIA; WARD;

EID: 0034941790     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.0944     Document Type: Article

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