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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 28, 1996 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Epidemiologic Application of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis to an Outbreak of Campylobacter fetus Meningitis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Tatsuya Morooka Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Akiko Umeda Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Masaki Fujita Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Hiromi Matano Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Shuji Fujimoto Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Ko Yukitake Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Kazunobu Amako Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Teiichi Oda Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Pages 269-270 | Received 23 May 1995, Accepted 15 Mar 1996, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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