Outbreak of Shewanella algae and Shewanella putrefaciens infections caused by a shared measuring cup in a general surgery unit in Korea

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 742-748

  Hyang, Soon Oh ^b   Kyung, Ah Kum ^b   Kim, Eui Chong ^a   Lee, Hoan Jong ^a,b   Kang, Won Choe ^a   Myoung, Don Oh ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; KOREA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SHEWANELLA; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SURGERY;

EID: 50949084327     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589903     Document Type: Article

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