Nosocomial Outbreaks Caused by Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides

From July 2003 through October 2004, 42 patients became infected by strains of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides (genotype 1) in different departments of Juan Canalejo Hospital in northwest Spain. During 2006, 6 inpatients, also in different departments of the hospital, became infected...

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Autores principales: Bou, Germán, Saleta, Jesús Luis, Nieto, Juan Antonio Sáez, Tomás, Mar, Valdezate, Silvia, Sousa, Dolores, Lueiro, Francisco, Villanueva, Rosa, Pereira, Maria Jose, Llinares, Pedro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507917
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.070581
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Sumario:From July 2003 through October 2004, 42 patients became infected by strains of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides (genotype 1) in different departments of Juan Canalejo Hospital in northwest Spain. During 2006, 6 inpatients, also in different departments of the hospital, became infected (genotypes 2–4). Parenteral nutrition was the likely source.

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