A 12-year epidemiological study of Acinetobacter baumannii from blood culture isolates in a single tertiary-care hospital using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based open reading frame typing

• Main Authors: Yuji Fujikura (Author), Takaaki Hamamoto (Author), Atsushi Yuki (Author), Ayumi Sampei (Author), Nozomi Ichie (Author), Kazuho Takamizawa (Author), Sakika Nomura (Author), Yusuke Serizawa (Author), Tomohiro Ohno (Author), Hironori Tsujimoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: Acinetobacter baumannii is a causative agent of healthcare-associated infections, and the introduction and spread of A. baumannii that has acquired drug resistance within a hospital are serious healthcare problems. We investigated the transition of epidemic clones and the occurre...