Seasonality of Bacillus species isolated from blood cultures and its potential implications

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 495-499

  Ashkenazi Hoffnung, Liat ^a   Kaufman, Zalman ^a   Bromberg, Michal ^a   Block, Colin ^b   Keller, Nathan ^c   Dictar, Rita ^a   Goldberg, Avi ^d   Green, Manfred S ^a,e  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Clalit Medical Services   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACILLUS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651033617     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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