Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and distribution of blakpc genes among Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients at Tehran - Iran hospitals

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 707-712

  Dehghani, Maryam ^a   Masjedian, Faramaz ^b   Mirnejad, Reza ^c   Fooladi, Abbas Ali Imani ^c   Haghighat, Setareh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; blakpc; Carbapenem; Multiple drug resistance; Nosocomial infections; PCR

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLA GENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; NONHUMAN;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866075629     PISSN: 09737510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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