Emergence of extensively drug-resistant OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Recife, Brazil: Risk of clonal dissemination?

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-251

  De Sá Cavalcanti, Felipe Lira ^a,b,c   Almeida, Anna Carolina Soares ^a   Vilela, Marinalda Anselmo ^a   de Morais Junior, Marcos Antonio ^b   De Morais, Marcia Maria Camargo ^a   Leal Balbino, Tereza Cristina ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Carbapenem resistance; Oxacilinases

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CLONAL EVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CARBAPENEM RESISTANCE; OXACILINASES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84885386688     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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