Clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant OXA-72-positive Acinetobacter baumannii in a Croatian university hospital

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Franolić Kukina, Irena ^a   Bedenić, Branka ^b,c   Budimir, Ana ^b,c   Herljević, Zoran ^c   Vraneš, Jasmina ^b,d   Higgins, Paul G ^e  

^a County of Lika Public Health Institute ^*  (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^d Zagreb Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

DiversiLab; Imipenem; Meropenem; OXA 40; OXA 58

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CROATIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 80053263961     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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