Outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in a Kenyan teaching hospital

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 190-193

  Huber, Charlotte A ^a   Sartor, Anna L ^a   McOdimba, Francis ^b   Shah, Reena ^b   Shivachi, Patricia ^b   Sidjabat, Hanna E ^a   Revathi, Gunturu ^b   Paterson, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Antibiotic susceptibility; Outbreak; Sequence type

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN TROMETAMOL; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KENYA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84906791846     PISSN: 22137165     EISSN: 22137173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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