Investigation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a district hospital in Taiwan

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 394-397

  Chen, Chih Ming ^a,b   Liu, Po Yen ^b   Ke, Se Chin ^a   Wu, Hwa Jen ^c   Wu, Lii Tzu ^b  

^a TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; bla OXA 23 like genes; Carbapenem resistant; Carbapenem hydrolyzing oxacillinase; OXA 66 OXA 51 like

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TAIWAN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; TAIWAN;

EID: 62549113909     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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