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Clinical features and epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii colonization and infection in Spanish hospitals.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Oct 2004
Rodríguez-Baño Jesús, Cisneros Jose M, Fernández-Cuenca Felipe, Ribera Anna, Vila Jordi, Pascual Alvaro, Martínez-Martínez Luis, Bou German, Pachón Jerónimo
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical features and the epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii in Spanish hospitals. DESIGN: Prospective multicenter cohort study. SETTING: Twenty-seven general hospitals and one paraplegic center in Spain. METHODS: All cases of A. baumannii colonization or infection detected by clinical samples during November 2000 were included. Isolates were identified using phenotypic and...
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