Rapid identification of iranian acinetobacter baumannii strains by single PCR assay using BLA oxa-51-like carbapenemase and evaluation of the antimicrobial resistance profiles of the isolates

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Mahdi, Akbari ^a   Mohammad, Niakan ^a   Morovat, Taherikalani ^b   Mhammad Mahdi, Feizabadi ^c   Namam Ali, Azadi ^d   Setareh, Soroush ^b   Mohammad, Emaneini ^c   Amir, Abdolkarimi ^b   Abbas, Maleki ^b   Ali, Hematian ^b  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; antimicrobial resistance; bla oxa 51 gene; Iran

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAPENEMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; SULBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IRAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954445016     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.57.2010.2.2     Document Type: Article

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