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An Outbreak of Burkholderia Cepacia Septicemia in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital, Peshawar
2021-10-22
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<h4>Background: </h4> : Burkholderia cepacia (formerly Pseudomonas ) is a gram-negative bacillus that can remain viable in low-nutrient water and is typically found in soil and moist settings. It is one of the leading causes of sepsis in infants, and it is spread by human contact with contaminated medical devices and disinfectants . B. cepacia has emerged as a significant opportunistic pathogen in hospitalized and...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0894d3a9-dc0a-56be-bc1d-7c7e3e4eb4fd
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-930491/v1
