Biofilm may not be Necessary for the Epidemic Spread of Acinetobacter baumannii

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hu, Yuan ^a   He, Lihua ^a   Tao, Xiaoxia ^a   Meng, Fanliang ^a   Zhang, Jianzhong ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

EID: 84984682113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep32066     Document Type: Article

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