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High-throughput whole-genome sequencing to dissect the epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a hospital outbreak.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 May 2010
Lewis T, Loman N J, Bingle L, Jumaa P, Weinstock G M, Mortiboy D, Pallen M J
Abstract excerpt
Shared care of military and civilian patients has resulted in transmission of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-Aci) from military casualties to civilians. Current typing technologies have been useful in revealing relationships between isolates of A. baumannii but they are unable to resolve differences between closely related isolates from small-scale outbreaks, where chains of transmission are...
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