Outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a polyvalent intensive care unit: Clinical, epidemiological analysis and PFGE-printing evolution

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1281-1284

  Monterrubio Villar, J ^a   Gonzalez Velasco C ^a   Valdezate Ramos, S ^b   Cordoba Lopez A ^a   Villalon Panzano P ^b   Saez Nieto J A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DON BENITO VILLANUEVA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349655701     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0777-6     Document Type: Article

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