Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii and other Acinetobacter spp. in faecal samples from non-hospitalised individuals

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-332

  Dijkshoorn, L ^a   van Aken, E ^a   Shunburne, L ^b   van der Reijden, T J K ^a   Bernards, A T ^a   Nemec, A ^c   Towner, K J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobacter spp.; Community; Enrichment culture; Faecal carriage; Leeds Acinetobacter medium

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 15944423616     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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