Emergence and spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-218

  Meric, Meliha ^a   Kasap, Murat ^a   Gacar, Gulcin ^a   Budak, Fatma ^a   Dundar, Devrim ^a   Kolayli, Fetiye ^a   Eroglu, Cafer ^b   Vahaboglu, Haluk ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mikr and Klin Mikr AD   (Turkey)

Author keywords

lactamases; Acinetobacter infections; Antibiotic resistance; Carbapenems

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESEARCH; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TURKEY;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 42449114356     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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