Detection of pan drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Germany

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Sep;69(9):2578-9. doi: 10.1093/jac/dku170. Epub 2014 May 15.

Authors

Stephan Göttig¹, Teresa M Gruber², Paul G Higgins³, Maik Wachsmuth², Harald Seifert³, Volkhard A J Kempf²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany stephan.goettig@kgu.de.
² Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
³ Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

PMID: 24833751
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku170

No abstract available

Keywords: OXA-23; colistin; minocycline; multidrug resistance.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects*
Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Genes, Bacterial
Genotype
Germany
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Typing
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents