Surveillance of stool samples for the presence of Enterobacter sakazakii among Korean people

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1017-1022

  Kim, Jung Beom ^a   Cho, Seung Hak ^b   Park, Yong Bae ^a   Lee, Jung Bok ^a   Kim, Jong Chan ^a   Lee, Bok Kwon ^b   Lee, Hae Kyung ^c   Chae, Hiun Suk ^c  

^a Gyeonggi do Research Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enterobacter sakazakii; Korean patients; Stool

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL RNA; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INFANT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; PREVALENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149458869     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.6.1017     Document Type: Article

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