Microbiological and epidemiological evaluation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones isolated at an intensive care unit of a University Hospital in Buenos Aires city;Evaluación microbiológica y epidemiológica de los clones de Acinetobacter baumannii resistentes a los carbapenemes aislados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos de un Hospital Universitario de la ciudad de Buenos Aires

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-155

  Rodriguez, C H ^a   Bombicino, K ^a   Granados, G ^a   Vay, C ^a   Famiglietti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Adherence; Carbapenem resistance; Clones; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM; COLISTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL CLONE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLONE CELLS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 70350495191     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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