An outbreak due to Serratia marcescens in a neonatal intensive care unit typed by 2-day pulsed field gel electrophoresis protocol

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-241

  Miranda Novales, Guadalupe ^a,b   Leaños Miranda, Blanca ^a   Díaz Ramos, Rita ^a   González Tejeda, Lourdes ^a   Peregrino Bejarano, Leoncio ^a   Villegas Silva, Raúl ^a   Solórzano Santos, Fortino ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESERVOIR; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0038501066     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(03)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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