Hospital tap water as a source of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1485-1486

  Cervia, Joseph S ^a,b   Ortolano, Girolamo A ^a   Canonica, Francis P ^a  

^a PALL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 42549112704     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587180     Document Type: Letter

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