Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a single institution over a 10-year period

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4051-4056

  Runnegar, Naomi ^a,b   Sidjabat, Hanna ^c   Goh, Sharon H M ^b   Nimmo, Graeme R ^a,b   Schembri, Mark A ^b   Paterson, David L ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUEENSLAND;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 78049516752     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01208-10     Document Type: Article

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