NDM-2 carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in the United Arab Emirates

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ghazawi, A ^a   Sonnevend, A ^a   Bonnin, R A ^b   Poirel, L ^b   Nordmann, P ^b   Hashmey, R ^c   Rizvi, T A ^a   B Hamadeh, M ^c   Pal T ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Carbapenemase; Middle East; Multidrug resistant; NDM 2

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NDM 2 CARBAPENEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER PATIENT; EGYPT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEBANON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URINALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 84856231380     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03726.x     Document Type: Article

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