Screening for Acinetobacter baumannii colonization by use of sponges

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-158

  Doi, Yohei ^a   Onuoha, Ezenwa O ^a   Adams Haduch, Jennifer M ^a   Pakstis, Diana L ^a   McGaha, Traci L ^a   Werner, Carly A ^a   Parker, Bridget N ^a   Brooks, Maria M ^b   Shutt, Kathleen A ^a,b   Pasculle, Anthony W ^a   Muto, Carlene A ^a   Harrison, Lee H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIMETHATE; MEROPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INOCULATION; MALE; NOSE CARTILAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN; SURGICAL SPONGE; THIGH;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 78650866450     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01043-10     Document Type: Article

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