Epidemiological study of Acinetobacter species isolated from an intensive car unit

APMIS

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-138

  García Arata, M Isabel ^a,b,c   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^b   López Brea, Manuel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Epidemiology; Ribotyping; Typing methods

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030935328     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1997.tb00551.x     Document Type: Article

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