Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak at university hospital;Caracterização de cepas de Acinetobacter baumannii durante um surto de infecção hospitalar

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-341

  Takagi, E H ^a   Lincopan, N ^a   Cassettari, V C ^a   Passadore, L F ^a   Mamizuka, E M ^a   Martinez, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; BlaOXA type genes; Brazil; Carbapenemases; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 69249141868     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822009000200024     Document Type: Article

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