objective. To control an outbreak of Shewanella algae and S. putrefaciens infections by identifying the risk factors for infection and transmission.design. Matched case-control study.setting. A university-affiliated tertiary acute care hospital in Seoul, Republic of Korea, with approximately 1,600 beds.
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