Clinical impacts of a single clone (sequence type 92) of multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care units

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 559-562

  Heo, Sang Taek ^a   Oh, Won Sup ^b   Kim, Sun Joo ^c   Bae, In Gyu ^c   Ko, Kwan Soo ^d   Lee, Je Chul ^e  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82555191362     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2011.0087     Document Type: Review

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