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Dissemination of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains carrying the ISAba1–bla OXA-23 genes in a Chinese hospital
20 Jul 2007
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of 95 clinical infections with imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Chinese hospital was investigated and the carbapenemase-encoding genes and their relationship with ISAba1 of these and a further 16 isolates recovered from the intensive care unit (ICU) environment were analysed. Almost all isolates were resistant to a wide range of antimicrobials; the lowest resistance rates were found for...
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