Clonal spread of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii among different cities of China

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4054-4057

  Zhou, Hua ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Yu, Yun Song ^a   Wei, Ze Qing ^a   Li, Lan Juan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CITY; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 37249059858     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00343-07     Document Type: Article

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