Sequential outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care units of a tertiary referral hospital in Italy: Combined molecular approach for epidemiological investigation

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-140

  Ansaldi, F ^a   Canepa, P ^a   Bassetti, M ^b   Zancolli, M ^a   Molinari, M P ^b   Talamini, A ^b   Ginocchio, F ^b   Durando, P ^a   Mussap, M ^b   Orengo, G ^b   Viscoli, C ^b   Icardi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; Multilocus sequence typing; Outbreak; Repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction (REP PCR)

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE EXTRAGENIC PALINDROMIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052259073     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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