Epidemic dissemination of a carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii clone carrying armA two years after its first isolation in an Italian Hospital

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 668-674

  Milan, Annalisa ^a   Furlanis, Linda ^a   Cian, Franca ^b   Bressan, Raffaela ^a   Luzzati, Roberto ^a,b   Lagatolla, Cristina ^a   Deiana, Maria Luisa ^b   Knezevich, Anna ^b   Tonin, Enrico ^a   Dolzani, Lucilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; ArmA; carbapenemase; integron; outbreak; OXA 23

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; 16S RRNA (ADENINE(1518)-N(6)-ADENINE(1519)-N(6))-DIMETHYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; INTEGRON; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CELL CLONE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ALLELES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CLONE CELLS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; ITALY; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85002528596     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2015.0167     Document Type: Article

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