Case report: Nosocomial Ralstonia pickettii infection in neonatal intensive care unit;Olgu raporu: Yenidoǧan yoǧun bakim ünitesinde hastane kaynakli Ralstonia pickettii enfeksiyonu

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-260

  Adiloǧlu, Ali K ^a   Ayata, Ali ^a   Şirin, Cem ^a   Yöndem, Canan ^a   Okutan, Hüseyin ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neonate; Nosocomial infections; Ralstonia pickettii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RALSTONIA;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RALSTONIA;

EID: 28744456620     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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