Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the United Kingdom and the United States that were associated with repatriated casualties of the Iraq conflict

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2630-2634

  Turton, Jane F ^a   Kaufmann, Mary E ^a   Gill, Martin J ^b   Pike, Rachel ^a   Scott, Paul T ^c   Fishbain, Joel ^d   Craft, David ^d   Deye, Gregory ^e   Riddell, Scott ^e   Lindler, Luther E ^c   Pitt, Tyrone L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; INTEGRASE; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIBOSOME RNA; SULBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; IRAQ; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; IRAQ; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 33746255205     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00547-06     Document Type: Article

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