Ventilator-related Acinetobacter outbreak in an intensive care unit

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 389-391

  Cox, Theodore R ^a   Roland, William E ^a   Dolan, Mary E ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EPIDEMIC; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 2642706656     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.6.389     Document Type: Article

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