Controlling an epidemic with multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii;Kontrolle des epidemischen auftretens eines multiresistenten Acinetobacter baumannii-stamms

Hygiene + Medizin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 94-102

  Wagenvoort, J H T ^a   De Brauwer, E I G B ^a   Klaassen, C H W ^b   Krings, A W H ^a   Van Der Linden, C J ^a   Toenbreker, H J M ^a   Voss, A ^b  

^a Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Epidemic; Multiresistance

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SCREENING;

EID: 33745382320     PISSN: 01723790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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