Characterization of a hospital outbreak of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by phenotypic and genotypic typing methods.

doi:10.1128/jcm.32.11.2677-2681.1994

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Characterization of a hospital outbreak of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by phenotypic and genotypic typing methods.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1994

Tankovic J, Legrand P, De Gatines G, Chemineau V, Brun-Buisson C, Duval J

Abstract excerpt

During a 13-month period, 31 patients hospitalized primarily in two intensive care units (ICUs) were either colonized or infected by imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Typing of the isolates by three methods (antibiotyping, biotyping, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) revealed that t...

Topics

Acinetobacter
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cross Infection
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Genotype
Humans
Imipenem
Phenotype

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