The emergence of a novel sequence type of MDR Acinetobacter baumannii from the intensive care unit of an Egyptian tertiary care hospital

• Main Authors: Doaa Mohammad Ghaith (Author), Mai Mahmoud Zafer (Author), Mohamed Hamed Al-Agamy (Author), Essam J. Alyamani (Author), Rayan Y. Booq (Author), Omar Almoazzamy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background and aim of work Acinetobacter baumannii is known for nosocomial outbreaks worldwide. In this study, we aimed to investigate the antibiotic susceptibility patterns and the clonal relationship of A. baumannii isolates from the intensive care unit (ICU) of an Egyptian hospital. Meth...