Sequence types of Portuguese carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected over 10 years

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2254-2256

  Da Silva, Gabriela J ^a   Mendonça, Nuno ^a   Batista, Generosa ^b   Duarte, Aida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Hospital do Espirito Santo   (Portugal)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; European clone II; IMP 5 lactamase; MLST

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77957228453     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq274     Document Type: Letter

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