Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster
Acinetobacter baumannii is a major pathogen causing nosocomial infections, particularly in critically ill patients. This organism has acquired the propensity to rapidly develop resistance to most antibiotics. At several hospitals within Cape Town, tobramycin and colistin remain frequently the only t...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11686 |