Attributable mortality of Acinetobacter baumannii infection among critically ill patients [6]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,c,d   Kopterides, Petros ^a,b   Siempos, Ilias I ^a  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS;

EID: 33746039714     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505599     Document Type: Letter

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