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Multi-drug resistance profiles and the genetic features of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Bolivia.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 17 Apr 2013
Lopes Bruno Silvester, Gallego Lucia, Amyes Sebastian Giles Becket
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INTRODUCTION: Acinetobacter baumannii is opportunistic in debilitated hospitalised patients. Because information from some South American countries was previously lacking, this study examined the emergence of multi-resistant A. baumannii in three hospitals in Cochabamba, Bolivia, from 2008 to 2009. METHODOLOGY: Multiplex PCR was used to identify the main resistance genes in 15 multi-resistant A. baumannii...
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