Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Harboring OXA-24 Carbapenemase, Spain

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Acosta, Joshi ; Merino, María ; Viedma, Esther ; Poza, Margarita ; Sanz, Francisca ; Otero, Joaquín R. ; Chaves, Fernando ; Bou, Germán
• Description:
  In February 2006, a patient colonized with a multidrug-resistant sequence type 56 Acinetobacter baumannii strain was admitted to a hospital in Madrid, Spain. This strain spread rapidly and caused a large outbreak in the hospital. Clinicians should be alert for this strain because its spread would have serious health consequences.
• Subjects:
  Acinetobacter Baumannii Acinetobacter Infections Adult Aged Amino Acid Sequence Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacteremia Bacteria Base Sequence Beta-Lactamases Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Female Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial Genes, Bacterial Humans Incidence Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Multidrug Resistance Oxa-24 Carbapenemase Plasmid Septicolysin Spain

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(6):1064-1067.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bc91d053e18c60819a77e1a246ad6b0464fb7f5aa27d0a01bcae2e3a7860b4e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18188/cdc_18188_DS1.pdf
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