Carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in two university hospitals in Algeria

J Med Microbiol. 2012 Sep;61(Pt 9):1341-1343. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.045807-0. Epub 2012 May 24.

Authors

Sofiane Bakour^{1

2}, Marie Kempf², Abdelaziz Touati¹, Abdennour Ait Ameur³, Djamila Haouchine³, Farida Sahli⁴, Jean-Marc Rolain²

Affiliations

¹ Département de Microbiologie, FSNV, Université A/MIRA de Béjaia 06000, Algeria.
² Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE) CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Méditerranée Infection, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Aix-Marseille-Université, Marseille, France.
³ Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Parasitologie, CHU de Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria.
⁴ Laboratoire de Microbiologie, CHU de Sétif, Algeria.

PMID: 22628456
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.045807-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology*
Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects*
Acinetobacter baumannii / enzymology
Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics
Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
Algeria / epidemiology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Carbapenems / pharmacology*
Hospitals, University
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
beta-Lactam Resistance / genetics*
beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis*
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Carbapenems
beta-Lactamases
carbapenemase