Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying the carbapenemase OXA-23 in a German university medical centre

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1499-1507

  Kohlenberg, Anke ^a,c   Brümmer, Sophie ^a   Higgins, Paul G ^b   Sohr, Dorit ^a   Piening, Brar C ^a   De Grahl, Clemens ^a   Halle, Elke ^a   Rüden, Henning ^a   Seifert, Harald ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OXA 23 ENZYME; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350513568     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.012302-0     Document Type: Article

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