Citywide Clonal Outbreak of Multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Brooklyn, NY: The Preantibiotic Era Has Returned

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Background Carbapenems are important agents for treating nosocomial gram-negative infections. Carbapenem-resistant bacteria have become increasingly problematic in certain regions. This study determined the citywide prevalence and molecular epidemiological features of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Brooklyn, NY. Methods All unique patient isolates of A baumannii and P aeruginosa...
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Authors David Landman;John M. Quale;David Mayorga;Adedeyo Adedeji;Kalyani Vangala;Jayshree Ravishankar;Carlos Flores;Steven Brooks;
Journal archives of internal medicine
Year 2002
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.162.13.1515
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antibiotics infection disease outbreaks clone cells pseudomonas aeruginosa carbapenems acinetobacter baumannii meropenem amikacin imipenem microbial colonization ribotyping National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't Multicenter Study Incidence drug resistance multiple microbial sensitivity tests microbial pseudomonas infections / drug therapy* disease outbreaks* pseudomonas infections / microbiology* new york / epidemiology pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects ribotyping acinetobacter / genetics* carbapenems / therapeutic use pmid:12090889 doi:10.1001/archinte.162.13.1515 david landman john m quale steven brooks acinetobacter / drug effects acinetobacter / isolation & purification* acinetobacter infections / drug therapy* acinetobacter infections / microbiology* dna fingerprinting pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics* pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification*

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