High prevalence of multidrug-resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii and dissemination of carbapenemase-encoding genes blaOXA-23-like, blaOXA-24-like and blaNDM-1 in Algiers hospitals
Author(s) -
Khadidja Khorsi,
Yamina Messai,
Moufida Hamidi,
Houria Ammari,
Rabah Bakour
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.491
H-Index - 52
ISSN - 1995-7645
DOI - 10.1016/j.apjtm.2015.05.011
Subject(s) - imipenem , microbiology and biotechnology , acinetobacter baumannii , biology , agar dilution , cefotaxime , typing , multiple drug resistance , antibiotic resistance , drug resistance , antibiotics , genetics , minimum inhibitory concentration , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa
To assess and characterize antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii strains recovered from 5 health-care facilities in Algiers.
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