Multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii: A major threat worldwide

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 213-218

  Savov, E ^a   Mihaylova, G ^a   Borisova, M ^a   Stoeva, T ^b   Kjoseva, E ^a   Trifonova, A ^a  

^a MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; infection; multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901276807     PISSN: 18746489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2342-1_25     Document Type: Article

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