Colonization of a medical center in southern Taiwan by epidemic strains of carbapenem- and multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the genetic organization of their integrons

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-157

  Chen, Yao Shen ^a,b   Lin, Hsi Hsun ^c   Wu, Chia Hsuang ^d   Hsiao, Yu Shan ^d   Hsu, Ning Shan ^d   Chen, Ya Lei ^d  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TAIWAN; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; BACTERIAL GENE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TAIWAN;

EID: 66849124543     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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