Surveillance of an adult intensive care unit for long-term persistence of a multi-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-176

  Webster, C A ^a   Crowe, M ^a   Humphreys, H ^a   Towner, K J ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SCREENING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031780954     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01691113     Document Type: Article

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