Molecular epidemiology of a clonal outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a university hospital in Italy

This study investigated the molecular epidemiology of a clonal outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii that occurred between June 2003 and June 2004 in a tertiary-care hospital in Naples, Italy. A. baumannii was isolated from 74 patients, of whom 38 were infected and 36 were colonise...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical microbiology and infection 2007-05, Vol.13 (5), p.481-489
Hauptverfasser:	Zarrilli, R., Casillo, R., Di Popolo, A., Tripodi, M.-F., Bagattini, M., Cuccurullo, S., Crivaro, V., Ragone, E., Mattei, A., Galdieri, N., Triassi, M., Utili, R.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acinetobacter baumannii Acinetobacter baumannii - drug effects Acinetobacter baumannii - genetics Acinetobacter baumannii - pathogenicity Acinetobacter Infections - drug therapy Acinetobacter Infections - epidemiology Acinetobacter Infections - genetics Aged Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents beta-Lactamases - classification beta-Lactamases - genetics Biological and medical sciences carbapenem resistance Carbapenems - pharmacology Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy Community-Acquired Infections - genetics Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology Cross Infection - microbiology Cross Infection - mortality Disease Outbreaks Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Female General aspects Hospitals, University Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models Humans Infectious diseases Intensive Care Units Italy - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Microbial Sensitivity Tests molecular epidemiology nosocomial infection outbreak OXA-58 Pharmacology. Drug treatments
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