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Acinetobacter baumannii clonal lineages I and II harboring different carbapenem-hydrolyzing-β-lactamase genes are widespread among hospitalized burn patients in Tehran.
Journal of infection and public health - 1 Jan 2000
Mahdian Somayeh, Sadeghifard Nourkhoda, Pakzad Iraj, Ghanbari Fatemeh, Soroush Setareh, Azimi Lila, Rastegar-Lari Abdolaziz, Giannouli Maria, Taherikalani Morovat
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to analyze antimicrobial resistance patterns and their encoding genes and genotypic diversity of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from burn patients in Tehran, Iran. The presence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase- and blaOXA-encoding genes among 37 multidrug resistant (MDR) A. baumannii strains isolated from patients hospitalized in a teaching hospital in Tehran was evaluated....
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