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A Cluster of Bloodstream Infections Caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus Subspecies pasteurianus That Involved 5 Preterm Neonates in a University Hospital during a 2-Month Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nathalie Floret ,
Pascale Bailly ,
Michelle Thouverez ,
Catherine Blanchot ,
Dolores Alez-Martin ,
Alain Menget ,
Gérard Thiriez ,
Bruno Hoen ,
Daniel Talon  and
Xavier Bertrand
Nathalie Floret*
Affiliation:
Réseau Franc-Comtois de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
Pascale Bailly
Affiliation:
Service d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
Michelle Thouverez
Affiliation:
Service d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
Catherine Blanchot
Affiliation:
Service d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
Dolores Alez-Martin
Affiliation:
‘Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique et Néonatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
Alain Menget
Affiliation:
‘Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique et Néonatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
Gérard Thiriez
Affiliation:
‘Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique et Néonatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
Bruno Hoen
Affiliation:
Service de Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
Daniel Talon
Affiliation:
Service d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
Xavier Bertrand
Affiliation:
Service d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
*
Réseau Franc-Comtois de Lutte contre les Contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, 2 place Saint-Jacques, 25030 Besançon, France([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , February 2010 , pp. 194 - 196
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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