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Hospital-acquired infections: commonest are due to Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Serratia marcescens, and Proteus mirabilis.
Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.
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nosocomial — /nos euh koh mee euhl/, adj. (of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital acquired. [1850 55; < NL nosocomi(um) hospital ( < LGk nosokomeîon, equiv. to Gk noso NOSO + kom (base with sense care, attendance, as in… … Universalium
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