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Molecular epidemiology and spatiotemporal analysis of hospital-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii infection in a tertiary care hospital in southern Thailand.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jan 2017
Chusri S, Chongsuvivatwong V, Rivera J I, Silpapojakul K, Singkhamanan K, McNeil E, Doi Y
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BACKGROUND: Acinetobacter baumannii is a major hospital-acquired pathogen in Thailand that has a negative effect on patient survival. The nature of its transmission is poorly understood. AIM: To investigate the genotypic and spatiotemporal pattern of A. baumannii infection at a hospital in Thailand. METHODS: The medical records of patients infected with A. baumannii at an 800-bed tertiary care hospital in...
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