Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bacteraemia in patients with haematological malignancies and haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-188

  Mikulska, M ^a   Durando, P ^a   Pia Molinari, M ^a   Alberti, M ^a   Del Bono, V ^a   Dominietto, A ^a   Raiola, A M ^a   Van Lint, M T ^a   Bregante, S ^a   Orengo, G ^a   Bacigalupo, A ^a   Viscoli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; EPIDEMIC; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

BACTEREMIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

EID: 67349129416     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.02.016     Document Type: Letter

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