Clinical and microbiological features of Providencia bacteremia: experience at a tertiary care hospital |
Choi, Hee Kyoung
(Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
Kim, Young Keun (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) Kim, Hyo Youl (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) Park, Jeong Eun (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) Uh, Young (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) |
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