Restriction of third-generation cephalosporins plus infection control measures ended recurrent outbreaks of multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an Australian hospital
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Australian Infection Control
- Vol. 4 (2), 16-24
- https://doi.org/10.1071/hi99216
Abstract
Healthcare Infection is published by CSIRO PUBLISHING on behalf of the Australian Infection Control Association (AICA). The journal provides a peer-reviewed medium to expand infection control knowledge, in order to prevent infection-related illness. The journal’s readership of infection control professionals, spanning physicians, nurses and epidemiologists, gain up-to-date and peer-reviewed articles covering clinical topics and original research.Keywords
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