Widespread carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones in Italian hospitals revealed by a multicenter study

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1319-1326

  Carretto, E ^a   Barbarini, D ^b   Dijkshoorn, L ^c   van der Reijden, T J K ^c   Brisse, S ^d   Passet, V ^d   Farina, C ^e  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; AFLP analysis; Carbapenem resistance; Epidemiology; Italy; MLST analysis; Semi automated rep PCR typing

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OXA 58 PROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER PITTII; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; ITALY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 79960428260     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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