Prevalence and genetic characterization of carbapenem- and polymyxin-resistant acinetobacter baumanniiIsolated from a tertiary hospital in Terengganu, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Lean, S.S., Zarizal, S., Salwani, I., Nor Iza, A.R., Fatimah Hazlina, A., Zakaria, J., Chew, C.Y., Thong, Kwai Lin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi 2014
• Subjects: Theories of disease. Etiology. Pathogenesis
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9950/1/Susan%2C2014.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9950/; http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2014/953417/

Nosocomial infection caused by Acinetobacter baumannii is of great concern due to its increasing resistance to most antimicrobials. In this study, 54 nonrepeat isolates of A. baumannii from the main tertiary hospital in Terengganu, Malaysia, were analyzed for their antibiograms and genotypes. Out of...