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Molecular characterization and risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli colonization in children: emergence of NDM-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in a newborn intensive care unit in Turkey.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jan 2016
Karaaslan A, Soysal A, Altinkanat Gelmez G, Kepenekli Kadayifci E, Söyletir G, Bakir M
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BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli are responsible for more than 50% of healthcare-associated infections. Colonization dynamics, characteristics, and risk factor data for CR-GNB are scarce in children. AIM: To examine the molecular characteristics of, and risk factors for nosocomial colonization with, carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (CR-GNB) in hospitalized paediatric patients in a...
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