Multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii: An universal challenge;Acinetobacter baumannii multirresistente: «un reto universal»

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 406-407

  Catalán, Mercedes ^a   Aguado, José María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; EDITORIAL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 77956340245     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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