Persistence of multiple antibiotic resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii carrying class 1 integron in a hospital setting

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Long, Ysanne B ^a   Faoagali, Joan ^b   Bodman, Janice ^b   George, Narelle ^b   McKay, David ^a   Katouli, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; INTEGRASE; MEROPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; INTEGRON; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AUSTRALIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 69949182958     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2009.0884     Document Type: Article

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