Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in New York City - 10 Years into the epidemic

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-197

  Morgan, Daniel J ^a,l   Weisenberg, Scott A ^e   Augenbraun, Michael H ^b   Calfee, David P ^f   Currie, Brian P ^c   Furuya, E Yoko ^g   Holzman, Robert ^h   Montecalvo, Marisa C ^d   Phillips, Michael ⁱ   Polsky, Bruce ^j   Sepkowitz, Kent A ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^k MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^l NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 58849094010     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593207     Document Type: Article

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