• DOI:10.1038/nrmicro1789
Corpus ID: 3446152

An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

@article{Dijkshoorn2007AnIT,
  title={An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii},
  author={L. Dijkshoorn and A. Nemec and H. Seifert},
  journal={Nature Reviews Microbiology},
  year={2007},
  volume={5},
  pages={939-951}
}

L. Dijkshoorn, A. Nemec, H. Seifert

Published 2007

Biology, Medicine

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Since the 1970s, the spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter strains among critically ill, hospitalized patients, and subsequent epidemics, have become an increasing cause of concern. Reports of community-acquired Acinetobacter infections have also increased over the past decade. A recent manifestation of MDR Acinetobacter that has attracted public attention is its association with infections in severely injured soldiers. Here, we present an overview of the current knowledge of the… CONTINUE READING

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