Clonal Diversity of Nosocomial Epidemic Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated in Spain

Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the major pathogens involved in nosocomial outbreaks. The clonal diversity of 729 epidemic strains isolated from 19 Spanish hospitals (mainly from intensive care units) was analyzed over an 11-year period. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) identified 58 PFGE t...

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Main Authors: Villalón, Pilar, Valdezate, Sylvia, Medina-Pascual, Maria J., Rubio, Virginia, Vindel, Ana, Saez-Nieto, Juan A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011
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Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3067678/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21177889
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01026-10
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