Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MRAB) - Ten years after the onset of these isolates in Croatia;Multiplorezistentni Acinetobacter baumannii (MRAB) - Deset godina nakon pojave prvih izolata u Hrvatskoj

Infektoloski Glasnik

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-70

  Goić Barišić, Ivana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Multidrug resistance; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROATIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84873682177     PISSN: 13312820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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