Rapid detection of an outbreak of bronchoscopy-associated colonization by Serratia marcescens [6];Rápida detección de un brote de colonización por Serratia marcescens asociado a broncoscopias

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-224

  Molina Cabrillana, Jesús ^a   Rodríguez Bermejo, Juan Carlos ^a   Del Rosario Quintana, Cristóbal ^a   Bolaños Rivero, Margarita ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 34047260552     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(07)74270-2     Document Type: Article

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