Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care units over a 10-year period (1998-2007)

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-62

  Cuttelod, M ^a   Senn, L ^a   Terletskiy, V ^b   Nahimana, I ^a   Petignat, C ^a   Eggimann, P ^c   Bille, J ^a   Prod'hom, G ^c   Zanetti, G ^a   Blanc, D S ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b All Russian Research Institute of Farm Animal Genetics and Breeding   (Russian Federation)

^c Department of Intensive Care Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environment; Epidemiological tracking; Faucets; Intensive care; Molecular typing; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Water

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78650146168     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03164.x     Document Type: Article

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