Genetic relatedness of clinical and environmental acinetobacter baumanii isolates from an intensive care unit outbreak

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 665-669

  Senok, Abiola ^a,b   Garaween, Ghada ^a   Raji, Adeola ^a   Khubnani, Harish ^c   Sing, Garwin Kim ^a   Shibl, Atef ^a,b,d  

^a ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; DiversiLab; Infection control; Rep PCR

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MOUSE; DNA EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STETHOSCOPE; TELEPHONE; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84936884693     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.6726     Document Type: Article

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