Chryseobacterium indologenes in ventilator-associated pneumonia: First reported case in Tunisia;Pneumopathie à Chryseobacterium indologenes acquise sous ventilation mécanique: Premier cas rapporté en Tunisie

Revue de Pneumologie Clinique

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 374-375

  Ben Salah, I ^a   Fekih Hassen, M ^a   Ben Haj Khalifa, A ^a   Ben Sik Ali, H ^a   Tilouche, N ^a   Kheder, M ^a   Elatrous, S ^a  

^a Hopital Tahar Sfar de Mahdia   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Chryseobacterium indologenes; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; LETTER; NONHUMAN; TUNISIA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; TUNISIA;

EID: 84949317380     PISSN: 07618417     EISSN: 17762561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2015.04.001     Document Type: Letter

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