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Outbreak of Infection by Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> Producing the Carbapenemase OXA-58 in Belgium
1 Nov 2006
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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were obtained from 17 patients between September 2004 and August 2005 at the Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. These multidrug-resistant isolates, which belonged to a single clone, remained susceptible to colistin and tigecycline only and produced the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-58. This study highlights the...
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