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Nosocomial Meningitis due to Streptoccus salivarius Linked to the Oral Flora of an Anesthesiologist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Florence Suy ,
Paul O. Verhoeven ,
Frédéric Lucht ,
Florence Grattard ,
Anne Carricajo ,
Bruno Pozzetto  and
Philippe Berthelot
Florence Suy*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, Infection Control Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
Paul O. Verhoeven
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology-Hygiene, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
Frédéric Lucht
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, Infection Control Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
Florence Grattard
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology-Hygiene, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
Anne Carricajo
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology-Hygiene, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
Bruno Pozzetto
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology-Hygiene, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
Philippe Berthelot
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, Infection Control Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology-Hygiene, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
*
Infectious Diseases Department, Infection Control Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, 42055 Saint-Etienne Cedex 02, France (philippe.berthelot @univ-st-etienne.fr)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , March 2013 , pp. 331 - 332
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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