Creating a cohort area to limit transmission of pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Thai tertiary care center.

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  • Anucha Apisarnthanarak
  • David K Warren
  • Victoria J Fraser
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

دوره 48 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009