Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex in a Saudi Arabian hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 870-872

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   Mohandhas, Thangiah X ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 34447311687     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518842     Document Type: Article

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