Natural history of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carriage in intensive care units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 642-643

  Doi, Yohei ^a   Kandiah, Sheena ^a,c   Hariri, Rahman S ^a   Harrison, Lee H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTAZIDIME; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PENNSYLVANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860700717     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665713     Document Type: Article

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