Endemic and epidemic Acinetobacter species in a university hospital: An 8-year survey

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3593-3599

  Van Den Broek, P J ^a   Van Der Reijden, T J K ^a   Van Strijen, E ^a   Helmig Schurter, A V ^a   Bernards, A T ^a   Dijkshoorn, L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ACINETOBACTER URSINGII; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ACINETOBACTER URSINGII;

EID: 70449642838     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00967-09     Document Type: Article

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