Molecular typing of Campylobacter jejuni isolates involved in a neonatal outbreak indicates nosocomial transmission

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3926-3928

  Llovo, José ^a   Mateo, Estíbaliz ^c   Muñoz, Angeles ^b   Urquijo, María ^c   On, Stephen L W ^d   Fernández Astorga, Aurora ^c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 0042023192     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3926-3928.2003     Document Type: Article

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