Nosocomial infections caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: an emergent pathogen.

Autor: Pereira GH; Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Dante Pazzanese Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ghpereira1@terra.com.br., Garcia Dde O, Abboud CS, Barbosa VL, Silva PS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases [Braz J Infect Dis] 2013 Sep-Oct; Vol. 17 (5), pp. 606-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Sep 18.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.02.011
Abstrakt: We hereby describe the clinical and epidemiological features and, outcomes of nine patients with Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections in two hospitals over a 2-year period. All infections caused by this pathogen were nosocomial, or healthcare associated infections, in hemodialysis settings whereas none was correlated with hospital outbreaks.
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Databáze: MEDLINE