Water-borne Sphingomonas paucimobilis epidemic in an intensive care unit

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-255

  Meric, Meliha ^a   Willke, Ayse ^a   Kolayli, Fetiye ^a   Yavuz, Sadan ^a   Vahaboglu, Haluk ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; EMBOLECTOMY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PNEUMONIA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPHINGOMONAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349119886     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.01.007     Document Type: Letter

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