Erratum to "Common RAPD pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from patients and tap water in a medical intensive care unit". [Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 209 (2006) 325-331] (DOI:10.1016/j.ijheh.2006.04.001);Common RAPD pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from patients and tap water in a medical intensive care unit

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-331

  Trautmann, Matthias ^a   Bauer, Cindy ^a   Schumann, Christian ^a   Hahn, Philipp ^a   Höher, Martin ^a   Haller, Mathias ^b   Lepper, Philipp M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Kempten   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; RAPD analysis; Waterbourne infection

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TAP WATER; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPING; THROAT CULTURE; WATER SAMPLING;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33745247206     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2006.09.002     Document Type: Erratum

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