Acinetobacter, Chryseobacterium, Moraxella, and other nonfermentative gram-negative rods

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 714-738

  Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^b   Nemec, Alexandr ^c   Kämpfer, Peter ^d   Wauters, Georges ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Antimicrobial susceptibilities; Chryseobacterium; Moraxella

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188864177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch42     Document Type: Chapter

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