High endemic levels of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii among hospitals in southern Brazil

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-112

  Martins, Andreza F ^a   Kuchenbecker, Ricardo S ^b   Pilger, Kátia O ^c   Pagano, Mariana ^b   Barth, Afonso L ^b,c  

^a Porto Alegre Department of Surveillance Health   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clonal dissemination; Health care acquired infection; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BLA OXA 23; PROTEIN BLA OXA 24; PROTEIN BLA OXA 51; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84857794073     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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