Article
Molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of rifampicin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Italy.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Jan 2012
Giannouli Maria, Di Popolo Anna, Durante-Mangoni Emanuele, Bernardo Mariano, Cuccurullo Susanna, Amato Gerardino, Tripodi Marie-Francoise, Triassi Maria, Utili Riccardo, Zarrilli Raffaele
Abstract excerpt
Use of rifampicin (RIF) in combination with colistin (COL) has been proposed for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections owing to in vitro synergism. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of RIF resistance in 57 clinical isolates of A. baumannii in two tertiary care hospitals in Naples (Italy) from 2006 to 2010. Amongst the...
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