| Literature DB >> 27358465 |
Stefanie Willems1, Stefanie Kampmeier1, Stefan Bletz1, Annelene Kossow1, Robin Köck2, Frank Kipp1, Alexander Mellmann3.
Abstract
We characterized two epidemiologically similar Acinetobacter baumannii clusters from two separate intensive care units (ICU) using core genome multilocus sequence typing. Clonal spread was confirmed in ICU-1 (12 of 14 isolates shared genotypes); in ICU-2, all genotypes (13 isolates) were diverse, thus excluding transmissions and enabling adequate infection control measures.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27358465 PMCID: PMC5005500 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00721-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948