Carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in two university hospitals in Algeria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART 9, 2012, Pages 1341-1343

  Bakour, Sofiane ^a,b   Kempf, Marie ^a   Touati, Abdelaziz ^b   Ameur, Abdennour Ait ^c   Haouchine, Djamila ^c   Sahli, Farida ^d   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^c Nedir University Hospital   (Algeria)

^d CHU   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ALGERIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84865168340     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.045807-0     Document Type: Letter

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