Genomic epidemiology of a protracted hospital outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Birmingham, England

Genome Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Halachev, Mihail R ^a   Chan, Jacqueline Z M ^b   Constantinidou, Chrystala I ^b   Cumley, Nicola ^c   Bradley, Craig ^c   Smith Banks, Matthew ^c   Oppenheim, Beryl ^c   Pallen, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84926025368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-014-0070-x     Document Type: Article

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