Epidemiological investigation after hospitalising a case with pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-35

  Chuang, Y Y ^a   Huang, Y C ^a,b   Lin, C H ^a   Su, L H ^b,c   Wu, C T ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Pandrug resistance; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION SITE; TAIWAN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EYE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 63449124516     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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