Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii in a newly established greek hospital

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-260

  Papa, Anna ^a   Koulourida, Vassiliki ^a,b   Souliou, Efimia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; DNA; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 70350445523     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2009.0060     Document Type: Article

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