Biotyping, serotyping and ribotyping as epidemiologicaltools in the evaluation of Acinetobacter baumannii dissemination in hospital units, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 277-282

  Gonçalves, Célia R ^a   Vaz, Tania Mara I ^a   Araujo, Eliane ^a   Boni, Regina De Fátima ^a   Leite, Daniela ^a   Irino, Kinue ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Biotyping; Multiresistance; Ribotyping; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; SEROTYPING;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0041082913     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000500007     Document Type: Article

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