Ralstonia pickettii: A persistent Gram-negative nosocomial infectious organism

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-284

  Ryan, M P ^a   Pembroke, J T ^a   Adley, Catherine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Infection; Ralstonia pickettii

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; ETHACRIDINE LACTATE; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM;

ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DEATH; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; RALSTONIA; REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

EID: 32044437373     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.08.015     Document Type: Review

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