Nosocomial spread of OXA-23 and OXA-58 β-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in a Bulgarian hospital

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 618-620

  Stoeva, Temenuga ^a   Higgins, Paul G ^b   Savov, Encho ^c   Markovska, Rumyana ^d   Mitov, Ivan ^d   Seifert, Harald ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; Intra hospital dissemination; OXA carbapenemases

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PROTEIN OXA 23; PROTEIN OXA 58; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BULGARIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 60649115447     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn537     Document Type: Letter

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