Infections Caused by Imipenem-Resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Biotype anitratus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1602-1603

  Wood, Craig A ^a   Reboli, Annette C ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; COLISTIMETHATE; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; POLYMYXIN; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMAN; IMIPENEM; MALE;

EID: 0027362764     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/168.6.1602     Document Type: Article

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