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

Author(s) -

Abiola Senok,

Ghada Garaween,

Adeola Raji,

Harish Khubnani,

Garwin Sing,

Atef M. Shibl

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.6726

Subject(s) - outbreak , acinetobacter baumannii , colistin , intensive care unit , multiple drug resistance , intensive care , infection control , acinetobacter , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , veterinary medicine , biology , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , virology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , bacteria , genetics

Determination of microbial genetic relatedness is important for improving efficiency of infection control measures during hospital outbreaks. This study aimed to analyze the clonal relationships of clinical and environmental Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated during an outbreak in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a secondary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.

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