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Antibiotic resistance determinants of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Algeria.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Aug 2013
Bakour Sofiane, Touati Abdelaziz, Sahli Farida, Ameur Abdennour Ait, Haouchine Djamila, Rolain Jean-Marc
Abstract excerpt
Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed on 71 Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates, and presence of antibiotic resistance genes was screened for by PCR amplification and sequencing. Resistance rates were very high for aminoglycosides (22-80%), fluoroquinolones (>90%), and cephalosporins (>90%) but remained low for rifampin (2.8%) or null for colistin. Antibiotic resistance encoding genes detected...
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