Dissemination of a carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii strain belonging to international clone II/sequence type 2 and harboring a novel abar4-like resistance Island in Latvia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1069-1072

  Saule, Mara ^a,d   Samuelsen, Orjan ^a   Dumpis, Uga ^b   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^a   Karlsone, Aija ^b,c   Balode, Arta ^a,d   Miklasevics, Edvins ^a,d   Karah, Nabil ^c,d  

^a PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^b RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ABAR4 GENE; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; INTEGRON; LATVIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, MDR; GENOMIC ISLANDS; INTEGRONS; LATVIA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84872865130     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01783-12     Document Type: Article

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