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Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in South America.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Oct 2016
Rodríguez Carlos Hernán, Balderrama Yarhui Norah, Nastro Marcela, Nuñez Quezada Tamara, Castro Cañarte Glenda, Magne Ventura Raquel, Ugarte Cuba Tayita, Valenzuela Natalia, Roach Freddy, Mota María Inés, Burger Noelia, Velázquez Aguayo Gladys, Ortellado-Canese Juana, Bruni Geni, Pandolfo Cecilia, Bastyas Nadya, Famiglietti Angela
Abstract excerpt
One hundred and twenty-six epidemiologically sequential, unrelated, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from nine hospitals in six countries of South America were collected between July 2013 and June 2014. Genes coding for Ambler class D and B carbapenemases were sought by PCR. All isolates were typed using the 3-locus sequence typing and blaOXA-51-like sequence-based typing techniques. The...
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