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Clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant OXA-72-positive Acinetobacter baumannii in a Croatian university hospital
28 Jul 2011
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BACKGROUND: From July to October 2008, 34 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were involved in an outbreak at the Clinical Hospital Center, Zagreb. The aim of this study was to characterize the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in our A. baumannii isolates and determine their epidemiology. METHODS: Antibiotic susceptibilities were determined by broth microdilution. PCR was used to detect the presence of...
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