Dissemination of class 1, 2 and 3 integrons among different multidrug resistant isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii in Tehran hospitals, Iran

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-174

  Taherikalani, Morovat ^a   Maleki, Abbas ^a   Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda ^a   Mohammadzadeh, Delbar ^b   Soroush, Setareh ^a   Asadollahi, Parisa ^a   Asadollahi, Khairollah ^a   Emaneini, Mohammad ^c  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Baumannii; Hospital isolates in Iran; Integron classes

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; GENE CASSETTE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTEGRON; IRAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 80054905275     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2011-024     Document Type: Short Survey

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