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[Carbapenemase detection in Acinetobacter baumannii clones resistant to imipenem].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 May 2004
Gallego Lucía, Canduela Miren Josune, Sevillano Elena, Pujana Idoia, Calvo Felícitas, Umaran Adelaida, Martín Gloria
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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to detect carbapenemases in imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates obtained in the microbiology department of a Basque Country Public Health Service hospital over a period of 19 months, and to genetically characterize the resistant clones. METHODS: Susceptibility tests to imipenem, meropenem, ticarcillin, ceftazidime, cefotaxime, cefepime and aztreonam were...
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