Biofilm formation is not associated with worse outcome in Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemic pneumonia

Biofilm formation is not associated with worse outcome in Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemic pneumonia

Abstract The effect of biofilm formation on bacteraemic pneumonia caused by A. baumannii is unknown. We conducted a 4-year multi-center retrospective study to analyze 71 and 202 patients with A. baumannii bacteraemic pneumonia caused by biofilm-forming and non-biofilm-forming isolates, respectively....

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Main Authors: Yung-Chih Wang, Tzu-Wen Huang, Ya-Sung Yang, Shu-Chen Kuo, Chung-Ting Chen, Chang-Pan Liu, Yuag-Meng Liu, Te-Li Chen, Feng-Yee Chang, Shih-Hsiung Wu, Chorng-Kuang How, Yi-Tzu Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25661-9

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25661-9

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