Nosocomial acquisition of multiresistant acinetobacter baumannii: Risk factors and prognosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 790-796

  Lortholary, Olivier ^a,b   Fagon, Jean Yves ^a,b   Hoi, Annie Buu ^a,b   Slama, Michel A ^a,b   Pierre, Josiane ^a,b   Giral, Philippe ^a,b   Rosenzweig, Rachel ^a,b   Gutmann, Laurent ^a,b   Safar, Michel ^a,b   Acar, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0028901058     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/20.4.790     Document Type: Article

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