The ability of biofilm formation in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii belonging to two different European clones causing outbreaks in the Split University Hospital, Croatia

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-62

  Kaliterna, Vanja ^a   Goic Barisic, Ivana ^b  

^a Educational Public Health Institute of Split and Dalmatia County   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CROATIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84873126188     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1973947812Y.0000000052     Document Type: Article

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