Task force on management and prevention of Acinetobacter baumannii infections in the ICU

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2057-2075

  Garnacho Montero, José ^a   Dimopoulos, George ^b   Poulakou, Garyphallia ^c   Akova, Murat ^d   Cisneros, José Miguel ^a   De Waele, Jan ^e   Petrosillo, Nicola ^f   Seifert, Harald ^g   Timsit, Jean François ^h,i   Vila, Jordi ^j   Zahar, Jean Ralph ^k   Bassetti, Matteo ^l  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^h BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^j CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^k ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l S Maria Hospital   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Colistin; Epidemiology; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; COLISTIN; POLYMYXIN B; SULBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL LABORATORY; GENOTYPE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEPTIC SHOCK; STAFF TRAINING; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION TREE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION TREES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84946482116     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-4079-4     Document Type: Article

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