Investigation of serum resistance for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii strains;Pseudomonas aeruginosa ve Acinetobacter baumannii suşlarιnda serum direncinin araştιrιlmasι

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-255

  Cevahir, Nural ^a   Kaleli, Ilknur ^a   Demir, Melek ^a   Yildirim, Umut ^a   Çevik, Ebru ^a   Gürbüz, Melahat ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Serum resistance

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIURIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; SPUTUM; TRACHEA; VIRULENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIURIA; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SPUTUM; TRACHEA; VIRULENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 39049181840     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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