Incidence and risk factors associated with Acinetobacter species infection in hospitalised patients in a tertiary care hospital in North- India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 10-12

  Islahi, Sana ^a   Ahmad, Faraz ^a   Khare, Vineeta ^a   Yaqoob, Shadma ^a   Shukla, Priyanka ^a   Singh, Y I ^a  

^a Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Incidence; Nosocomial infections; Resistance pattern; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959501773     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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