Genetic diversity and clonal relationships of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated in a neonatal ward: epidemiological investigations by allozyme, whole-cell protein and antibiotic resistance analysis.

doi:10.1017/s0950268800057228

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Genetic diversity and clonal relationships of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated in a neonatal ward: epidemiological investigations by allozyme, whole-cell protein and antibiotic resistance analysis.

Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 1993

Thurm V, Ritter E

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Sixty-five strains of Acinetobacter baumannii which had been isolated from patients and the indoor environment of a neonatal intensive care unit and, for comparative purposes, isolates from three other wards, were examined by means of electrotyping and analysis of whole-cell protein and antibioti...

Topics

Acinetobacter
Acinetobacter Infections
Cross Infection
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Genetic Variation
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Isoenzymes

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