Characterization and distribution of Citrobacter strains in a University Hospital;Caracterización y distribución de especies de Citrobacter en un hospital universitario

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-14

  Manganello, Silvana ^a   Tayara, Amelia ^a   Perazzi, Beatriz ^a   Neira, Liliana ^a   Famiglietti, Angela ^a   Pugliese, Laura ^a   Santini, Pilar ^a   Vay, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Citrobacter; Distributions; Identification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMES; FECES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035221412     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(01)72541-4     Document Type: Article

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