Identification of multidrug- and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Canada: Results from CANWARD 2007

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 552-555

  Mccracken, M ^a   Decorby, M ^b   Fuller, J ^c   Loo, V ^d   Hoban, D J ^b,e   Zhanel, G G ^b,e   Mulvey, Michael R ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

MICs; OXA type lactamases; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 23; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 24; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 51; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 58; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CANADA; EMERGENCY WARD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURGICAL WARD;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CANADA; CARBAPENEMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049092798     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp225     Document Type: Article

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