Predominance of Gram-negative bacilli and increasing antimicrobial resistance in nosocomial bloodstream infections at a university hospital in southern Taiwan, 1996-2003.

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Published in J Microbiol Immunol Infect on April 01, 2006

Authors

Chi-Jung Wu1, Hsin-Chun Lee, Nan-Yao Lee, Hsin-I Shih, Nai-Ying Ko, Li-Rong Wang, Wen-Chien Ko

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.

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