Environmental colonization and onward clonal transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in a medical intensive care unit: the case for environmental hygiene-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Environmental colonization and onward clonal transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in a medical intensive care unit: the case for environmental hygiene

Published:2018-04-10 Issue:1 Volume:7 Page:
ISSN:2047-2994
Container-title:Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
language:en
Short-container-title:Antimicrob Resist Infect Control

Author:

Ng Deborah H. L.,Marimuthu Kalisvar,Lee Jia Jun,Khong Wei Xin,Ng Oon Tek,Zhang Wei,Poh Bee Fong,Rao Pooja,Raj Maya Devi Rajinder,Ang Brenda,De Partha Pratim

Funder

NMRC Clinician-Scientist Individual Research Grant

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s13756-018-0343-z.pdf

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