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Molecular characterization of β-lactamase genes in clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials - 16 Nov 2017
Raible Kevin M, Sen Bhaswati, Law Nancy, Bias Tiffany E, Emery Christopher L, Ehrlich Garth D, Joshi Suresh G
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BACKGROUND: Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen which is establishing as a major cause of morbidity and mortality within the healthcare community. The success of this pathogen is largely due to its ability to rapidly gain resistance to antimicrobial therapies and its capability to persist in an abiotic environment through the production of a biofilm. Our tertiary-care hospital has showed high...
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