Alcaligenes xylosoxidans cholecystitis and meningitis acquired during bathing procedures in a burn unit: A case report

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 48-53

  Fujioka, Masaki ^a   Oka, Kiyoshi ^a   Kitamura, Riko ^a   Yakabe, Aka ^a   Chikaaki, Nakamichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans; Bathing; Burn wounds; Burns unit; Cross contamination

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCALIGENES; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BATH; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; ALCALIGENES; BATHS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59149088299     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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