Clusters of nosocomial cross-infection due to Acinetobacter baumannii and genospecies 3: Comparison of serotyping with macrorestriction analysis of genomic DNA with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-123

  Traub, Walter H ^a,b   Leonhard, Birgit ^a   Bauer, Dierk ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0030174644     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80160-5     Document Type: Article

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