Modifications to CHROMagar Acinetobacter for improved selective growth of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-167

  Wareham, D W ^a,b   Gordon, N C ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARBAPENEMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 79151478936     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.083469     Document Type: Article

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