Nosocomial outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii;Epidemie veroorzaakt door een multiresistente Acinetobacter baumannii; MRSA incognito

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 242-246

  Koeleman, J G M ^a,b   Savelkoul, P H M ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, C M J E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NETHERLANDS; SURGICAL WARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033616397     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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