Genetic relatedness of serial rectal isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii in an adult intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Kuwait.

Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. A. baumannii colonizes many parts of the body including the gastrointestinal tract. Endemic and epidemic strains are polyclonal. There is no clarity on the origin of polyclonality of A. baumannii. The objecti...

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Main Authors: Ghayda Al-Hashem, Vincent O Rotimi, M John Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230976