Persistence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in an Italian intensive care unit during a forty-six month study period

New Microbiologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Lambiase, Antonietta ^a   Piazza, Ornella ^a   Rossano, Fabio ^a   Del Pezzo, Mariassunta ^a   Tufano, Rosalba ^a   Catania, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Carbapenem resistance; Colistin; Multidrug resistant; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; STATISTICS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84862144531     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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