A chryseobacterium meningosepticum colonization outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1415-1419

  Maraki, S ^a   Scoulica, E ^a   Manoura, A ^a   Papageorgiou, N ^a   Giannakopoulou, C ^a   Galanakis, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BODILY SECRETIONS; CARRIER STATE; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 71349085305     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0797-2     Document Type: Article

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