Nosocomial spread of a Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus strain causing sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4877-4879

  Chaves, Fernando ^a   García Álvarez, Mónica ^a   Sanz, Francisca ^a   Alba, Concepción ^a   Otero, Joaquín R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS NOVOBIOSEPTICUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS SUBSP. NOVOBIOSEPTICUS;

EID: 24744463881     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4877-4879.2005     Document Type: Article

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