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Characteristics of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated in Geneva during colonization or infection.
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials - 11 Sept 2015
Cherkaoui Abdessalam, Emonet Stéphane, Renzi Gesuele, Schrenzel Jacques
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This study determined the antibiotic susceptibility profile and genetic mechanisms of β-lactam resistance in 27 clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated at the University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland. The antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using Etest and the disc diffusion method in accordance with CLSI guidelines. All of the strains were defined as multi-drug resistant (MDR) and...
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