Fatal salmonellosis originating in a clinical microbiology laboratory.
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Fatal salmonellosis originating in a clinical microbiology laboratory.
Laboratory-acquired infections concern all microbiologists. During ongoing surveillance of laboratory-acquired enteric infections, salmonella infections in the wife and son of a laboratory worker were documented; the first case was fatal. Neither patient had had any contact with the laboratory. The infecting organisms were Salmonella typhi and a multiply resistant strain of Salmonella agona tha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.13.5.855-858.1981