Importation of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp infections with casualties from Iraq

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 317-318

  Jones, Anna ^a   Morgan, Dilys ^a   Walsh, Amanda ^a   Turton, Jane ^a   Livermore, David ^a   Pitt, Tyrone ^a   Green, Andy ^b   Gill, Martin ^c   Mortiboy, Deborah ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF DEFENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAQ; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; IRAQ; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646673615     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(06)70471-6     Document Type: Letter

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