Study of an outbreak of Enterobacter cloacae sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit: The application of epidemiologic chromosome profiling by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 381-385

  Liu, Shu Chih ^a,b   Leu, Hsieh Shong ^c   Yen, Muh Yong ^d   Lee, Ping Ing ^e   Chou, Ming Chih ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036847275     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2002.121426     Document Type: Article

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