Endemic Acinetobacter baumannii in a New York hospital.

Acinetobacter baumannii is an increasingly multidrug-resistant (MDR) cause of hospital-acquired infections, often associated with limited therapeutic options. We investigated A. baumannii isolates at a New York hospital to characterize genetic relatedness.Thirty A. baumannii isolates from geographic...

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Main Authors: Scott A Weisenberg, Audrey N Schuetz, Elizabeth L Alexander, Brain Eiss, Maryam Behta, Lisa Saiman, Davise H Larone, Stephen G Jenkins, Kyu Y Rhee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3236744?pdf=render