Molecular typing of Acinetobacter baumannii from ten different intensive care units of a university hospital

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 740-743

  Presterl, E ^a   Nadrchal, R ^a   Winkler, S ^a   Makristathis, A ^a   Koller, W ^a   Rotter, M L ^a   Hirschl, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AUSTRIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0030722897     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709255     Document Type: Article

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