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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Studies by G. Bou and co-authors describe new findings in emerging infectious diseases
July 22nd, 2008
"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," researchers in La Coruna, Spain report. "During 2006, 6 inpatients, also in different departments of the hospital, became infected (genotypes 2-4)," wrote G. Bou and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Parenteral nutrition was the likely source." Bou and colleagues published their study in Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nosocomial outbreaks caused by Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp mesenteroides. Emerging...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-22)
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