Molecular epidemiology of nosocomial infection associated with multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by infrequent-restriction-site PCR

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-32

  Wu, T L ^a   Su, L H ^a   Leu, H S ^a   Chiu, C H ^a   Chiu, Y P ^b   Chia, J H ^a   Kuo, A J ^a   Sun, C F ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; IRS PCR; Multi resistant; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; TAIWAN;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036580711     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1206     Document Type: Article

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