Epidemiological significance of cutaneous, pharyngeal, and digestive tract colonization by multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii in ICU patients

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-295

  Ayats, J ^a,b   Corbella, X ^a   Ardanuy, C ^a   Dominguez M A ^a   Ricart, A ^a   Ariza, J ^a   Martin, R ^a   Linares J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; Colonization; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNX; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECTUM; SKIN; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0031453959     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(97)90145-6     Document Type: Article

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