Ralstonia pickettii bloodstream infections at a Brazilian cancer institution

Current Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-223

  Pellegrino, Flávia L P C ^a   Schirmer, Marcelo ^b   Velasco, Eduardo ^b   De Faria, Lúcia M ^b   Santos, Kátia R N ^a   Moreira, Beatriz Meurer ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

EID: 39149136902     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-9060-1     Document Type: Article

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