Bed rails and endotracheal tube connectors as possible sources for spreading Acinetobacter baumannii in ventilator-associated pneumonia patients

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 676-685

  Chaladchalam, Suphawita ^a,b   Diraphat, Pornphan ^a   Utrarachkij, Fuangfa ^a   Suthienkul, Orasa ^a,b   Samakoses, Rudiwilai ^c   Siripanichgon, Kanokrat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital

^c PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

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EID: 49749086475     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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