Burkholderia cepacia from a sink drain [2]

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-237

  Moore, J E ^a   Thompson, I ^b   Crowe, M ^a   Xu, J ^a   Shaw, A ^a   Millar, B C ^a   Redmond, A O B ^c   Reid, A J M ^c   Clarke, C ^b   Elborn, J S ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSAFETY; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISINFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036514303     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1175     Document Type: Editorial

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