Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic resistance patterns in Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated in a Romanian hospital

Farmacia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-367

  Radu Popescu, Manuela Anda ^a   Dumitriu, Silvia ^a   Enache Soare, Simona ^b   Bancescu, Gabriela ^a   Udristoiu, Aurelian ^c   Cojocaru, Manole ^a   Vagu, Codruta ^d  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Targu Jiu Hospital   (Romania)

^d STEFAN S NICOLAU INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Carbapenemases

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; OXACILLINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALLELE; AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIACENZIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETIONS; URINE; WOUND FLUID;

EID: 77953905280     PISSN: 00148237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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