Detection of blaDIM, blaAIM, blaGIM, blaNDM and blaVIM Genes among Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from hospitalized patients in Tehran hospitals, Iran

Background and Aim: The rising trend of antibiotic resistance among A. baumannii strains has become a global concern. The most common mechanism of resistance is betalactamase production with genes transferring on mobile genetic elements such as plasmids. The aim of this study was to determine the fr...

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Main Authors: Hossein Goudarzi, Ali Hashemi, Fallah Fatemeh, Maryam Noori, Soroor Erfanimanesh, Neda Yosefi, Mohsen Heidary, Saeed Khoshnood, Hamid Reza Houri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Farname 2016-02-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology
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Online Access:http://ijmm.ir/article-1-367-en.html