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Genotyping of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated at a Japanese hospital over five years using targeted next-generation sequencing.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2015
Alshahni Mohamed Mahdi, Asahara Miwa, Kawakami Sayoko, Fujisaki Ryuichi, Matsunaga Naohisa, Furukawa Taiji, Teramoto Tamio, Makimura Koichi
Abstract excerpt
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative bacterial agent involved in nosocomial infections. In this five-year retrospective study, phylogenetic relationships among carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii strains that were isolated at Teikyo University Hospital in Tokyo metropolis, Japan, were explored. A panel of 72 carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii strains that isolated from January 2006 until August 2010 was...
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