Outbreak of multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit

New Microbiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-191

  Dettori, Marc ^a   Piana, Andre ^a   Deriu, Maria Grazia ^a   Curto, Aola Lo ^a   Cossu, Andre ^a   Musumeci, Rosari ^b   Cocuzza, Clementin ^b   Astone, Vit ^c   Contu, Maria Antonietta ^c   Sotgiu, Giovann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale San Francesco   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Multidrug resistance; Nosocomial outbreak

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; STATISTICS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84900399713     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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