Clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant OXA-72-positive Acinetobacter baumannii in a Croatian university hospital | Zendy

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Clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant OXA-72-positive Acinetobacter baumannii in a Croatian university hospital

Author(s) -

Irena Franolić-Kukina,

Branka Bedenić,

Ana Budimir,

Zoran Herljević,

Jasmina Vraneš,

Paul G. Higgins

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.05.016

Subject(s) - pulsed field gel electrophoresis , acinetobacter baumannii , genotyping , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , broth microdilution , rapd , molecular epidemiology , dna profiling , carbapenem , acinetobacter , genotype , antibiotics , genetics , medicine , bacteria , minimum inhibitory concentration , dna , population , gene , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetic diversity , environmental health

From July to October 2008, 34 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were involved in an outbreak at the Clinical Hospital Center, Zagreb. The aim of this study was to characterize the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in our A. baumannii isolates and determine their epidemiology.

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