Serratia marcescens: Description of a nosocomial outbreak;Serratia marcescens: Descripción de un brote de infección intrahospitalaria

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 262-266

  Dossi, M Teresa C ^a   Escalona, Marcela U ^a   Serrano, Cristián A ^a   Silva, M Angélica D ^b   Juliet, Chrystal L ^b   Fernández, Alejandra V ^b   Leiva, Verónica C ^b   Fernández, Jorge O ^c   Fernández Valdés, Alejandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL DEL SALVADOR   (Chile)

^c Sección de Desarrollo Tecnológico ISP

^d NONE

Author keywords

Nosocomial infection; Outbreak; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745201231     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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