Cell phones and Acinetobacter transmission [11]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1160-1161

  Borer, Abraham ^a   Gilad, Jacob ^a   Smolyakov, Rozalia ^a   Eskira, Seada ^a   Peled, Nechama ^a   Porat, Nurith ^a   Hyam, Eytan ^a   Trefler, Ronit ^a   Riesenberg, Klaris ^a   Schlaeffer, Francisc ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; COLISTIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MOBILE PHONE;

EID: 21144442852     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1107.050221     Document Type: Letter

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