Nosocomial outbreaks due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the uberlândia federal university hospital

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 27-28

  De Brito, Denise Von Dolinger ^a,c   Oliveira, Elias Jose ^a   Darini, Ana Lúcia Da Costa ^b   Abdallah, Vânia Olivetti Sttephen ^a   Gontijo Filho, Paulo Pinto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Neonate; Outbreak; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 19944374861     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822003000500009     Document Type: Article

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