Repetitive-DNA-element PCR fingerprinting and antibiotic resistance of pan-European multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clone III strains

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 851-856

  Huys, Geert ^a   Cnockaert, Margo ^a   Nemec, Alexandr ^c   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^d   Brisse, Sylvain ^e   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^f   Swings, Jean ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

AADB GENE; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APHA6 GENE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE; GENETIC STABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TET GENE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 24044517482     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45986-0     Document Type: Article

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