Molecular Characterization of Acinetobacter Isolates Collected in Intensive Care Units of Six Hospitals in Florence, Italy, during a 3-Year Surveillance Program: A Population Structure Analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1297-1304

  Donnarumma, Francesca ^a   Sergi, Simona ^a,d   Indorato, Cristina ^a   Mastromei, Giorgio ^a   Monnanni, Roberto ^a   Nicoletti, Pieluigi ^b   Pecile, Patrizia ^b   Cecconi, Daniela ^b   Mannino, Roberta ^b   Bencini, Sara ^c   Fanci, Rosa ^c   Bosi, Alberto ^c   Casalone, Enrico ^a  

^a Department of Evolutionary Biology ^*  (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 77950511046     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01916-09     Document Type: Article

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