Molecular epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in an SCT unit

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-338

  Fanci, R ^a   Bartolozzi, B ^a   Sergi, S ^a   Casalone, E ^a   Pecile, P ^b   Cecconi, D ^b   Mannino, R ^b   Donnarumma, F ^a   Leon, A G ^a   Guidi, S ^a   Nicoletti, P ^b   Mastromei, G ^a   Bosi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; SOAP; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 61449224580     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2008.319     Document Type: Article

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