Spread of a carbapenem- and colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST2 clonal strain causing outbreaks in two Sicilian hospitals

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 260-266

  Agodi, A ^a   Voulgari, E ^b   Barchitta, M ^a   Quattrocchi, A ^a   Bellocchi, P ^c   Poulou, A ^b   Santangelo, C ^c   Castiglione, G ^c   Giaquinta, L ^d   Romeo, M A ^d   Vrioni, G ^b   Tsakris, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Carbapenemase; Colistin resistance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COLISTIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR DILUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; COLISTIN; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SICILY;

EID: 84897524869     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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