Catheter-related bacteremia and multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter lwoffii [11]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-356

  Tega, Luciano ^a   Raieta, Katia ^b   Ottaviani, Donatella ^c   Russo, Gian Luigi ^b   Blanco, Giovanni ^a   Carraturo, Antonio ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 33846656040     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1302.060858     Document Type: Letter

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