Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii pseudobacteremia among patients with hematological malignancies

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 642-644

  Barbut, Frédéric ^a,b   Kosmann, M J ^a   Lalande, V ^a   Neyme, D ^a   Coppo, P ^a   Gorin, N C ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RALSTONIA;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

EID: 33745804301     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505100     Document Type: Letter

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