Molecular typing of Agrobacterium species isolates from catheter-related bloodstream infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 885-887

  Giammanco, Giovanni M ^a   Pignato, Sarina ^b   Santangelo, Carmelita ^c   Grimont, Patrick A D ^d   Grimont, Francine ^d   Giammanco, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENOMIC DNA; PIPERACILLIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RIBOTYPING;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 11144272113     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502315     Document Type: Article

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