Molecular epidemiology of a nosocomial outbreak due to Enterobacter cloacae and Enterobacter agglomerans in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Epidemiologia molecular de um surto de bacteriemia por Enterobacter cloacae e Enterobacter agglomerans ocorrido na região de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Molecular epidemiology of a nosocomial outbreak due to Enterobacter cloacae and Enterobacter agglomerans in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Epidemiologia molecular de um surto de bacteriemia por Enterobacter cloacae e Enterobacter agglomerans ocorrido na região de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

A total of 73 isolates (57 Enterobacter cloacae and 16 Enterobacter agglomerans), recovered during an outbreak of bacteremia in the Campinas area, São Paulo, Brazil, were studied. Of these isolates, 61 were from parenteral nutrition solutions, 9 from blood cultures, 2 from a sealed bottle of parente...

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Main Authors: Célia R. GONÇALVES, Tania M.I. VAZ, Daniela LEITE, Beatriz PISANI, Marise SIMÕES, Maria Angela M. PRANDI, Marilu M.M. ROCHA, Paulo C. CESAR, Plinio TRABASSO, Angela von NOWAKONSKI, Kinue IRINO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2000-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Nosocomial outbreak
Enterobacter cloacae
Enterobacter agglomerans
Serotypes
Ribotyping
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