Genetic relatedness of clinical and environmental Acinetobacter baumanii isolates from an intensive care unit outbreak
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Genetic relatedness of clinical and environmental Acinetobacter baumanii isolates from an intensive care unit outbreak.
INTRODUCTION Determination of microbial genetic relatedness is important for improving efficiency of infection control measures during hospital outbreaks. This study aimed to analyze the clonal relationships of clinical and environmental Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated during an outbreak in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a secondary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. METHODOLOGY Twelve...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1972-2680
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.6726