Clinical aspects of an outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections in neonates |
Sung, Min-Jung
(Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University)
Chang, Chul-Hun (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) Yoon, Yeon-Kyong (Department of Infection Control Team, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) Park, Su-Eun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) |
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