Joint collaboration enhances infection control at home and abroad: The maiden voyage of the multidrug-resistant organism repository and surveillance network

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-243

  Lesho, Emil ^a   Gleeson, Todd ^b   Summers, Amy ^a   Kirkup, Benjamin ^a   Chahine, Mohamad ^a   Babel, Britta ^c   Waterman, Paige ^a   Craft, David ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; COOPERATION; EDITORIAL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MILITARY MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952335260     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00405     Document Type: Review

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