An outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant OXA-58-positive Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit in Italy

J Hosp Infect. 2008 Jan;68(1):97-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.10.007. Epub 2007 Dec 11.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / classification
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / enzymology
  • Aged
  • Cross Infection / drug therapy
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Patient Isolation
  • Patient Transfer
  • beta-Lactamases

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase OXA-58, Acinetobacter junii