The importance of colonization pressure in multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii acquisition in a Greek intensive care unit

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Arvaniti, Kostoula ^a   Lathyris, Dimitrios ^b   Ruimy, Raymond ^c   Haidich, Anna Bettina ^d   Koulourida, Vasiliki ^a   Nikolaidis, Pavlos ^d   Matamis, Dimitrios ^a   Miyakis, Spiros ^d  

^a PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Gennimatas General Hospital   (Greece)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862187638     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11383     Document Type: Article

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