Relationship between nosocomial Acinetobacter species occurring in two geographical areas (Greece and the UK)

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-211

  Dimopoulou, I D ^a   Kartali, S I ^a   Kartalis, G N ^a   Manolas, K I ^a   Simopoulos, K E ^a   Vargemezis, B A ^a   Theodoropoulou Rodiou, G ^b   Bowler, I C J W ^c   Crook, D W M ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Microbiology Laboratory   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16 S Ribosomal DNA sequence analysis; Acinetobacter spp; Nosocomial; PFGE; REP PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA 16S; PALINDROMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GREECE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; GREECE; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0141992664     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(03)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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