Genotypic and phenotypic similarity of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in the Czech Republic

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-296

  Nemec, A ^c   Janda, L ^a   Melter, O ^c   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; SULBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; CZECH REPUBLIC; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS;

EID: 0032798476     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-3-287     Document Type: Article

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