Biotyping of Acinetobacter species isolated from clinical samples

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 110, Issue NOV., 1999, Pages 160-163

  Gulati, Sumeeta ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a   Goel, Vikas ^a   Das, Bimal ^a   Dwivedi, S N ^a   Mahapatra, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; A. lwoffii; Acinetobacter sp.; Intensive care unit; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BIOTYPOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0033374216     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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