Article
Next-gen sequencing of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumanii at Nashville General Hospital at Meharry
2011-08-05
Abstract excerpt
Background Acinetobacter baumannii is a nonfermentative Gramnegative bacillus, which easily acquires antibiotic resistance determinants and causes life-threatening nosocomial infections [1]. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains are common therefore, empirical treatment choices are limited. More knowledge is needed regarding genetic diversity patterns and resistance phenotypes in a given clinical setting. Our goal is...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7667c7b4-3226-5551-aa34-1b1ff51b6843
- DOI
- 10.1186/1471-2105-12-s7-a14
