Rapid control of a hospital-wide outbreak caused by extensively drug-resistant OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii

Rapid control of a hospital-wide outbreak caused by extensively drug-resistant OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii

Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAb) emerges as an important pathogen of health care–associated infections and outbreaks worldwide. During January and February 2006, there was a hospital-wide outbreak of XDRAb at a medical center in Taiwan. Without limiting the usage of carbape...

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Main Authors: Wei-Ru Lin, Po-Liang Lu, Leung-Kei Siu, Tun-Chieh Chen, Chun-Yu Lin, Ching-Tzu Hung, Yen-Hsu Chen, 林蔚如, 盧柏樑, 蕭樑基, 陳惇杰, 林俊祐, 洪靖慈, 陳彥旭
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-06-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Acinetobacter baumannii
Carbapenemases
Infection control
OXA-51
OXA-72
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X11000234

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