Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Pseudo-outbreak at a University Hospital Bronchoscopy Unit in Turkey

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-61

  Ece, G ^a   Erac, B ^b   Limoncu, M H ^b   Baysak, A ^a   Oz, A T ^a   Ceylan, K C ^a  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Invasive procedure; Pseudo outbreak; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84927799839     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2013.005     Document Type: Article

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