Nosocomial pseudoepidemic caused by Bacillus cereus traced to contaminated ethyl alcohol from a liquor factory.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1999

Authors

P R Hsueh1, L J Teng, P C Yang, H L Pan, S W Ho, K T Luh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

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