A cluster of invasive listeriosis in Brescia, Italy

Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 379-382

  de Francesco, M A ^a   Corbellini, S ^a   Piccinelli, G ^a   Benini, A ^a   Ravizzola, G ^a   Gargiulo, F ^a   Caccuri, F ^a   Caruso, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PERITONITIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PERITONITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84930271313     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-015-0736-3     Document Type: Letter

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