Typing of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from hospital-acquired respiratory infections in a tertiary care centre in southern India.
J Hosp Infect
; 47(2): 159-62, 2001 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-11170782
ABSTRACT
In an attempt to define the epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii infection, 27 isolates, obtained from hospital-acquired respiratory infections, were typed using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. Ten different patterns were obtained with ERIC2 primer 14 isolates had a similar profile representing a single strain. Within RAPD types, isolates could be further classified based on their antibiogram; however, strains of different types had similar antibiograms. This study showed that many different genetic types of A. baumannii are prevalent in our hospital. While antibiograms alone are not sufficiently discriminatory, RAPD typing helps in identifying outbreaks and in assessing infection control procedures within a hospital.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Respiratórias
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Acinetobacter
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Infecções por Acinetobacter
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Surtos de Doenças
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Hosp Infect
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Índia