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Outbreak of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex harboring different carbapenemase gene-associated genetic structures in an intensive care unit.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Feb 2012
Lee Yi-Tzu, Fung Chang-Phone, Wang Fu-Der, Chen Chien-Pei, Chen Te-Li, Cho Wen-Long
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical and molecular epidemiology of the imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii (IRAcb) complex during an outbreak in an intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: Forty-six clinical and 11 environmental isolates of the IRAcb complex were collected from the ICU of Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan between December 2003 and March 2004....
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