High-level tolerance to triclosan may play a role in Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotic resistance in immunocompromised hosts: Evidence from outbreak investigation

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  D'Arezzo, Silvia ^a   Lanini, Simone ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a   Visca, Paolo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84855901559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-43     Document Type: Article

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