[Strains of the genus Acinetobacter and their role in nosocomial infections]

M Fleischer; A Przondo-Mordarska

[Strains of the genus Acinetobacter and their role in nosocomial infections]

Postepy Hig Med Dosw. 1994;48(2):127-41.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

M Fleischer¹, A Przondo-Mordarska

Affiliation

¹ Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii AM, Wrocławiu.

PMID: 7937396

Abstract

The paper presents the taxonomy, biochemical and physiological properties, and virulence factors of Acinetobacter strains. Hospital epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance to antibiotics in Acinetobacter is also described.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter / classification*
Acinetobacter / drug effects
Acinetobacter / immunology
Acinetobacter / pathogenicity
Antigens, Bacterial / analysis
Cross Infection / drug therapy
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Humans
Species Specificity

Substances

Antigens, Bacterial