An outbreak of vana genotype enterococcus faecium in pediatric clinic of a training hospital;Bir eǧitim hastanesinin çocuk kliniǧinde vana genotip enterococcus faecium salgini

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-372

  Kiliç, Abdullah ^a   Bedir, Oman ^a   Tunç, Turan ^a   Beşirbellioǧlu, Bülent ^a   Eyigün, Can Polat ^a   Başustaoǧlu, Ahmet Celal ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nosocomial infection; Outbreak; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Repetitive pcr; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249141102     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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