Pseudomonas aeruginosa epidemiology in intensive care units: Importance of cross-transmission;Importance de la transmission croisée dans l'épidémiologie de pseudomonas aeruginosa en service de soins intensifs

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 505-509

  Bertrand, X ^a   Blasco, G ^a   Belle, E ^a   Boillot, A ^a   Capellier, G ^a   Talon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Cross transmission; Genotyping; Intensive car unit; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0041474824     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0750-7658(03)00136-9     Document Type: Article

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