Dissemination of multiple carbapenem-resistant clones of Acinetobacter baumannii in the Eastern District of Saudi Arabia

Dissemination of multiple carbapenem-resistant clones of Acinetobacter baumannii in the Eastern District of Saudi Arabia

It has previously been shown that carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii are frequently detected in Saudi Arabia. The present study aimed to identify the epidemiology and distribution of antibiotic resistance determinants in these bacteria.A total of 83 A. baumannii isolates were typed by PFGE...

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Main Authors: Abdulrahman eAl-Sultan, Benjamin Andrew Evans, Elsayed eAboulmagd, Ahmed A Al-Qahtani, Marie Fe F. Bohol, Mohammed N Al-Ahdal, Andres F Opazo, Sebastian G.B. Amyes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Acinetobacter baumannii
Saudi Arabia
Vim
PFGE
Carbapenem resistance
OXA
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00634/full

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