Susceptibility patterns and molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains from three military hospitals in China

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-273

  Yan, Zhong Qiang ^a   Shen, Ding Xia ^a   Cao, Jing Rong ^a   Chen, Rong ^a   Wei, Xing ^a   Liu, Li Ping ^b   Xu, Xiu Li ^c  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clone; DiversiLab Microbial Typing System; Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE ADC; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 23; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; INTEGRASE 1; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEIN ADEB; PROTEIN ADEJ; PROTEIN ADEM; PROTEIN TETB; SULPERAZON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 73549116093     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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