Colonization pressure: A critical parameter in the epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bonten, Marc J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COLONIZATION PRESSURE; DYNAMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOTE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE;

EID: 84864520553     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11417     Document Type: Note

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