The molecular epidemiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia in a tertiary referral hospital in the United Arab Emirates 2000-2004

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jumaa, Pauline A ^a,b,c   Sonnevend, Agnes ^a   Pàl, Tibor ^a,b   El Hag, Mohammed ^a   Amith, Ray ^a   Trad, Omar ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33846650174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-5-32     Document Type: Article

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