Association of blaOXA-23 and bap with the persistence of Acinetobacter baumannii within a major healthcare system

Objectives: Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging opportunistic nosocomial pathogen. Two factors that may enhance persistence in healthcare settings are antimicrobial resistance and biofilm-forming ability. The aim of this work was to determine whether A. baumannii isolates that persist in healthca...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Ting L. Luo, Alexander H. Rickard, Usha eSrinivasan, Keith S. Kaye, Betsy eFoxman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Subjects:	Biofilms Molecular Epidemiology antibiotic resistance Rep-PCR bap OXA-23
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00182/full