Emergence of 16s rRNA methylase-producing nosocomial acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a university hospital in Bulgaria

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 374-375

  Strateva, T ^a   Markova, B ^b   Markovska, R ^a   Marteva Proevska, Y ^b   Ivanova, D ^c   Mitov, I ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^c Second Multiprofile Active Treatment Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RRNA (ADENOSINE O 2' )METHYLTRANSFERASE; RRNA (ADENOSINE-O-2'-)METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BULGARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BULGARIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84862002743     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2011.23.6.374     Document Type: Letter

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