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Antibiotic resistance is a major risk factor for epidemic behavior of Acinetobacter baumannii.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 May 2001
Koeleman J G, van der Bijl M W, Stoof J, Vandenbroucke-Grauls C M, Savelkoul P H
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OBJECTIVE: To study the presence of bacterial factors in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species in order to identify markers of epidemic potential. DESIGN: Case-control study. METHODS: Forty-six isolates of Acinetobacter species, including 23 epidemic and 23 sporadic strains from different outbreaks in nine European countries, were compared for the presence of the following factors: hemagglutination, presence...
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