Incidence of Aeromonas bacteremia in southern Taiwan: Vibrio and Salmonella bacteremia as comparators

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-148

  Wu, Chi Jung ^a,b   Chen, Po Lin ^a   Tang, Hung Jen ^c   Chen, Hung Mo ^a   Tseng, Fan Chen ^b   Shih, Hsin I ^a   Hung, Yuan Pin ^a,d   Chung, Chih Huan ^e   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d Tainan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e KUO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Bacteremia; Incidence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS BACTEREMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; VIBRIO; VIBRIOSIS;

AEROMONAS; BACTEREMIA; INCIDENCE; TAIWAN;

AEROMONAS; BACTEREMIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SALMONELLA; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRIO;

EID: 84897028840     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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