Carbapenem-resistant OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates causing ventilator-associated pneumonia

Am J Infect Control. 2010 Oct;38(8):667-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.02.005.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii* / classification
  • Acinetobacter baumannii* / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii* / genetics
  • Acinetobacter baumannii* / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Brazil
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology*
  • Critical Care
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / microbiology*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • beta-lactamase OXA-23
  • beta-Lactamases