A cluster of Listeria monocytogenes infections in hospitalized adults

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Martins, Ianick Souto ^a   Da Conceião Faria, Flavia Cristina ^b   Miguel, Marco Antônio Lemos ^b   De Sá Colao Dias, Manuela Pereira ^b   Cardoso, Fernando Luís Lopes ^b   De Gouveia Magalhães, Ana Cristina ^b   Mascarenhas, Luiz Affonso ^b   Nouér, Simone Aranha ^b   Barbosa, André Victor ^c   Vallim, Deyse Christina ^c   Hofer, Ernesto ^c   Rebello, Renata Fernandes ^b   Riley, Lee W ^d   Moreira, Beatriz Meurer ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health care associated infection; Listeria monocytogenes; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAY HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KITCHEN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 78049386113     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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