TY - JOUR
AU - Bou, Germán
AU - Saleta, Jesús Luis
AU - Nieto, Juan Antonio Sáez
AU - Tomás, Mar
AU - Valdezate, Silvia
AU - Sousa, Dolores
AU - Lueiro, Francisco
AU - Villanueva, Rosa
AU - Pereira, Maria Jose
AU - Llinares, Pedro
T1 - Nosocomial Outbreaks Caused by Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2008
VL - 14
IS - 6
SP - 968
SN - 1080-6059
AB - 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.
KW - Leuconostoc
KW - outbreak
KW - nosocomial setting
KW - parenteral nutrition
KW - risk factors
KW - vancomycin and antibiotic resistance
KW - dispatch
KW - Spain
DO - 10.3201/eid1406.070581
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/6/07-0581_article
ER - End of Reference