Spread of multidrug carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in different wards of an Italian hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 790-794

  Cristina, Maria Luisa ^a   Spagnolo, Anna Maria ^a   Ottria, Gianluca ^a   Sartini, Marina ^a   Orlando, Paolo ^a   Perdelli, Fernanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

MDRAB; outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; WARD;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055084395     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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