A data-driven mathematical model of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii transmission in an intensive care unit

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Xia ^a   Chen, Yong ^b   Zhao, Wei ^b   Wang, Yan ^d   Song, Qing ^b   Liu, Hui ^c   Zhao, Jingya ^c   Han, Xuelin ^b   Hu, Xiaohua ^b   Grundmann, Hajo ^d   Xiao, Yanni ^a   Han, Li ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Center for Hospital Infection Control   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84925762423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09478     Document Type: Article

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