Nosocomial outbreaks caused by Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 968-971

  Bou, Germán ^a,c   Saleta, Jesús Luis ^a   Nieto, Juan Antonio Sáez ^b   Tomás, Mar ^a   Valdezate, Silvia ^b   Sousa, Dolores ^a   Lueiro, Francisco ^a   Villanueva, Rosa ^a   Pereira, Maria Jose ^a   Llinares, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c GINIBIC Complejo Hospitalario Universitario   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 45249099571     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1406.070581     Document Type: Article

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