Nosocomial infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1363-1374

  Phillips, Michael S ^a   Von Reyn, C Fordham ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 0035887849     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323126     Document Type: Review

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