Seasonal variation in Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection on 4 continents

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 752-756

  Anderson, Deverick J ^a   Richet, Hervé ^b   Chen, Luke F ^a   Spelman, Denis W ^c   Hung, Yi Ju ^d   Huang, Andrew T ^a,d   Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d KOO FOUNDATION SUN YAT SEN CANCER CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERRATIA;

AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549111944     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527486     Document Type: Article

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