Emergence of an extreme-drug-resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii carrying blaOXA-23 in a patient with acute necrohaemorrhagic pancreatitis

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-83

  Grosso, F ^a   Quinteira, S ^a,b   Peixe, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CESPU   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 23; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TIMENTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PERITONEAL FLUID;

EID: 77951282217     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.01.007     Document Type: Letter

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