Epidemiology and detection of acinetobacter using conventional culture and in-house developed PCR based methods

• Main Authors: Ali A. Rabaan (Author), Justin V. Saunar (Author), Ali M. Bazzi (Author), Wasim F. Raslan (Author), Donald R. Taylor (Author), Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Active surveillance cultures for multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacteria is one strategy to control outbreaks. The objectives of the study are to evaluate the prevalence of Acinetobacter colonization and to compare conventional culture and in-house developed PCR based method. Swabs...