Dissemination of multidrug-resistant, class 1 integron-carrying Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in Taiwan

In this study, 283 multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) bloodstream isolates were collected between 1996 and 2004, from three teaching hospitals located in different regions of Taiwan. Susceptibility data showed that strains carrying class 1 integrons were significantly more resistan...

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Published in:Clinical microbiology and infection 2008-11, Vol.14 (11), p.1010-1019
Main Authors: Huang, L.-Y., Chen, T.-L., Lu, P.-L., Tsai, C.-A., Cho, W.-L., Chang, F.-Y., Fung, C.-P., Siu, L.K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acinetobacter baumannii
Acinetobacter baumannii - classification
Acinetobacter baumannii - drug effects
Acinetobacter baumannii - genetics
Acinetobacter baumannii - isolation & purification
Acinetobacter Infections - epidemiology
Acinetobacter Infections - microbiology
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacteremia - epidemiology
Bacteremia - microbiology
Bacterial Typing Techniques
beta-Lactamases - biosynthesis
Biological and medical sciences
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
epidemic clone
Genes, Bacterial
Genotype
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Infectious diseases
integron-associated
Integrons
Medical sciences
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Epidemiology
multidrug-resistant
ribotype
Ribotyping
Taiwan - epidemiology
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Summary:In this study, 283 multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) bloodstream isolates were collected between 1996 and 2004, from three teaching hospitals located in different regions of Taiwan. Susceptibility data showed that strains carrying class 1 integrons were significantly more resistant (p
ISSN:1198-743X
1469-0691
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02077.x