Emergence of OXA-carbapenemase- and 16S rRNA methylase-producing international clones of Acinetobacter baumannii in Norway

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 515-521

  Karah, Nabil ^a,b   Haldorsen, Bjørg ^a   Hermansen, Nils O ^c   Tveten, Yngvar ^d   Ragnhildstveit, Eivind ^e   Skutlaberg, Dag H ^f   Tofteland, Ståle ^g   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^a,b   Samuelsen, Ørjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^e Østfold Hospital   (Norway)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLONE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; INTEGRON; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953020397     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028340-0     Document Type: Article

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