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Increase in Chlorhexidine Minimal Inhibitory Concentration of Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates after Implementation of Advanced Source Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Li Yang Hsu ,
Tze-Peng Lim  and
Linda M. Mundy
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand
Li Yang Hsu
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore
Tze-Peng Lim
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore Department of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Linda M. Mundy
Affiliation:
LM Mundy, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , January 2014 , pp. 98 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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