Cluster of cases of Salmonella enterica Serotype Rissen infection in a general hospital, Italy, 2007

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 518-522

  Boschi, T ^a   Aquilini, D ^a   Degl'Innocenti, R ^a   Aleo, A ^b   Romani, C ^c   Nicoletti, P ^d   Buonomini, M I ^d   Marconi, P ^e   Bilei, S ^e   Mammina, C ^b   Nastasi, A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF PRATO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case cluster; Epidemiology; Molecular subtyping; Salmonella Rissen

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; ITALY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; STOMACH CANCER; TYPHOID FEVER;

AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OUTPATIENTS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 78649664190     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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