Emergence of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii in the Czech Republic is associated with the spread of multidrug-resistant strains of European clone II

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 484-489

  Nemec, Alexandr ^a,b   Křížová, Lenka ^a   Maixnerová, Martina ^a   Diancourt, Laure ^c   Van der Reijden, Tanny J K ^d   Brisse, Sylvain ^c   Van den broek, Peterhans ^d   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFLP; European clonal lineages; OXA type carbapenemases; PCR gene detection

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 49649111979     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn205     Document Type: Article

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