First report of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in East Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Revathi, Gunturu ^a   Siu, L Kristopher ^b,c,d,e   Lu, Po Liang ^f,g   Huang, Li Yueh ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; European clone II; Kenya; NDM 1; OXA 23

Indexed keywords

ADC 57 ENZYME; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE ADC; BETA LACTAMASE NDM; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 23; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 51; CARBAPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; HUMAN; INTEGRON; INTEGRON 1; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; EUROPEAN CLONE II; KENYA; NDM-1; OXA-23;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AFRICA, EASTERN; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

EID: 84888431001     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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