Comparison of risk factors for recovery of Acinetobacter baumannii during outbreaks at two Kentucky hospitals, 2006

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 868-874

  Beavers, Suzanne F ^a,b   Blossom, David B ^b   Wiemken, Timothy L ^c   Kawaoka, Kelly Y ^b   Wong, Andrew ^b   Goss, Linda ^c   McCormick, Malkanthie I ^d   Thoroughman, Douglas ^a,b   Srinivasan, Arjun ^e  

^a Kentucky Department for Public Health   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM CULTURE; SURGICAL WOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74849110395     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400615     Document Type: Article

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