Types and prevalence of carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter calcoaceticus-acinetobacter baumannii complex in northern Taiwan

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 201-204

  Hsieh, Wen Shyang ^a,b,c   Wang, Nai Yu ^c   Feng, Jou An ^c   Weng, Li Chuan ^c   Wu, Hsueh Hsia ^b,d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA OXA 51 GENE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TAIWAN;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84891529033     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00779-13     Document Type: Article

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