Acinetobacter skin colonization of US Army soldiers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 659-661

  Griffith, Matthew E ^a   Ceremuga, Julia M ^a   Ellis, Michael W ^a   Guymon, Charles H ^b   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a   Murray, Clinton K ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SKIN;

EID: 33747725836     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506596     Document Type: Article

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