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Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in New Caledonia.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2008
Le Hello S, Falcot V, Lacassin F, Baumann F, Nordmann P, Naas T
Abstract excerpt
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CR-Ab) ranked third, with a frequency of 24.8%, among 202 strains of multidrug-resistant bacteria isolated from clinical samples in the main hospital of New Caledonia in 2004. All CR-Ab isolates were analysed by isoelectric focusing, conjugation, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and PCR for the presence of carbapenemase genes. Fifty CR-Ab isolates produced...
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