Epidemiological investigation of nosocomial Acinetobacter infections using arbitrarily primed PCR & pulse field gel electrophoresis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 408-418

  Prashanth, K ^a,b   Badrinath, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Molecular methods; Multiple drug resistance; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA FRAGMENT; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33144464262     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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