Prevalence of class 1 integron among multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Tabriz, Northwest of Iran

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-60

  Peymani, Amir ^a   Farajnia, Safar ^b,c   Nahaei, Mohammad Reza ^d   Sohrabi, Nasrollah ^e   Abbasi, Laleh ^a   Ansarin, Khalil ^b   Azhari, Fatemeh ^c  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Class 1 integron; Multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; IRAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 84860493360     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2012-007     Document Type: Article

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