Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Harboring OXA-24 Carbapenemase, Spain

In February 2006, a patient colonized with a multidrug-resistant sequence type 56 Acinetobacter baumannii strain was admitted to a hospital in Madrid, Spain. This strain spread rapidly and caused a large outbreak in the hospital. Clinicians should be alert for this strain because its spread would ha...

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Main Authors: Acosta, Joshi, Merino, María, Viedma, Esther, Poza, Margarita, Sanz, Francisca, Otero, Joaquín R., Chaves, Fernando, Bou, Germán
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358182/