Epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii in a university hospital in Turkey

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-408

  Akalin, Halis ^a   Özakin, Cüneyt ^a   Gedikoǧlu, Suna ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY;

EID: 33646703984     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503349     Document Type: Article

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