Emergence of the OXA-23 carbapenemase-encoding gene in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from the Principal Hospital of Dakar, Senegal

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Diene, Seydina M ^a   Fall, Becaye ^b   Kempf, Marie ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^b,c   Sow, Kowry ^b   Niang, Birahim ^b   Wade, Boubacar ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; SENEGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874474692     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.09.007     Document Type: Letter

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