articleJournal of Antimicrobial ChemotherapyDec 8, 2009BRONZE OA

Global spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

PGPaul G. HigginsCDC. DammhaynMHMeredith HackelHSHarald Seifert

University of Cologne

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Abstract

Objectives

We have investigated the molecular epidemiology and distribution of carbapenemase genes in 492 imipenem-non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii worldwide isolates (North and Latin America, Europe, Asia, South Africa and Australia).

Methods

MICs were determined by broth microdilution and Etest. The presence of carbapenemase-encoding genes was investigated by PCR. Molecular epidemiology was performed by repetitive sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR; DiversiLab), sequence-type multiplex PCR and PFGE.

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Topics & keywords

Topics
Keywords
  • Acinetobacter baumannii
  • Imipenem
  • Etest
  • Biology
  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Multilocus sequence typing
  • Microbiology
  • Broth microdilution
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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