Mortality associated with acinetobacter baumannii complex bacteremia among patients with war-related trauma

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-94

  Kang, Grace ^a   Hartzell, Joshua D ^a   Howard, Robin ^a   Wood Morris, Robert N ^a   Johnson, Mark D ^a   Fraser, Susan ^a   Weintrob, Amy ^a   Wortmann, Glenn ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII COMPLEX BACTEREMIA; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BATTLE INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449180023     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649220     Document Type: Article

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