A cluster of Listeria monocytogenes infections in hospitalised adults, Midlands, England, February 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Coetzee, N ^a   Laza Stanca, V ^b   Orendi, J M ^b   Harvey, S ^c   Elviss, N C ^a   Grant, K A ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957962468     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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