Burns infection profile of Singapore: Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the role of blood cultures

Burns and Trauma

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Song, Christopher Tam ^a   Hwee, Jolie ^b   Song, Colin ^c   Tan, Bien Keem ^b   Chong, Si Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Cape Clinic Singapore ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Blood cultures; Burns; Drug resistant; Epidemiology; Infection; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020052452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23213876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41038-016-0038-8     Document Type: Article

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