Low concentrations of commercial alcohol hand rubs facilitate growth of and secretion of extracellular proteins by multidrug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1595-1599

  Edwards, Justin ^a   Patel, Geeta ^b   Wareham, David W ^a,c  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EMULSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SUPERNATANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ALCOHOLS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HANDWASHING; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 37249038604     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47442-0     Document Type: Article

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