Pseudooutbreak of Pantoea species bacteremia associated with contaminated cotton pledgets

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 443-446

  Koo, Hyun Sook ^a   Kim, Jae Seok ^b   Eom, Joong Sik ^b   You, Ji Young ^c   Park, Ji Young ^b   Kim, Han Sung ^b   Song, Wonkeun ^b   Cho, Hyoun Chan ^b   Lee, Kyu Man ^b  

^a Hospital Infection Control Office   (South Korea)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine ^*

^c Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; COTTON; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PANTOEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33846034401     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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