Bacteriological, clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hospital-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii infection in a teaching hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-45

  Ayan, M ^a   Durmaz, R ^a   Aktas, E ^a   Durmaz, B ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Antibiotyping; AP PCR; Molecular epidemiology; PEGE

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0141611708     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(03)00076-8     Document Type: Article

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