Biofilm production by clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients hospitalized in two tertiary care hospitals

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-144

  Wroblewska, Marta M ^a   Sawicka Grzelak, Anna ^a   Marchel, Halina ^a   Luczak, Miroslaw ^a   Sivan, Alex ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Biofilm; Tertiary care

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43349091045     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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