Contaminated mouth swabs caused a multi-hospital outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Journal of Oral Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2010, 2010, Pages

  Iversen, Bjørn G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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EID: 84864826580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20002297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/jom.v2i0.5123     Document Type: Note

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