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The clinical characteristics of Acinetobacter bacteremia differ among genomospecies: A hospital-based retrospective comparative analysis of genotypically identified strains.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Dec 2019
Koizumi Yusuke, Sakanashi Daisuke, Ohno Tomoko, Yamada Atsuko, Shiota Arufumi, Kato Hideo, Hagihara Mao, Watanabe Hiroki, Asai Nobuhiro, Watarai Masaya, Murotani Kenta, Yamagishi Yuka, Suematsu Hiroyuki, Mikamo Hiroshige
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Acinetobacter is an aerobic, gram-negative coccobacillus, which causes nosocomial infections including bacteremia. Recent development of molecular techniques has made classification of the Acinetobacter genomospecies possible, but there are still only a few studies comparing clinical features of the subspecies. We investigated bacteremia caused by Acinetobacter, isolated subspecies, and...
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