Three-year follow-up of an outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteriuria in a neurosurgical intensive care unit

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 973-978

  Kim, Baek Nam ^a,b   Choi, Soon Im ^a   Ryoo, Nam Hee ^a  

^a Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Disease outbreaks; Infection control; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845901019     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2006.21.6.973     Document Type: Article

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