Acinetobacter spp. as nosocomial pathogens: Microbiological, clinical, and epidemiological features

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 148-165

  Bergogne Berezin E ^a   Towner, K J ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULBACTAM; TICARCILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTYPOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029913746     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.9.2.148-165.1996     Document Type: Review

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