Concept of segmentation in nosocomial epidemiology: Epidemiological relation among antimicrobial-resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-276

  Kinoshita, M ^a   Sawabe, E ^a   Okamura, N ^a,b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; PLASMID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WARD;

EID: 0031467816     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(97)93118-2     Document Type: Article

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