Clinical and molecular microbiological characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in an NICU

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 867-872

  Hu, Zhangxue ^a   Wang, Zheng ^a   Liu, Ding ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Chen, Yao ^a   Zhao, Xilong ^b   Shi, Yuan ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; BlaOXA 23; carbapenem resistance; neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLAOXA 23 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84255168956     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03397.x     Document Type: Article

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