Genomic epidemiology of a protracted hospital outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Birmingham, England

BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii commonly causes hospital outbreaks. However, within an outbreak, it can be difficult to identify the routes of cross-infection rapidly and accurately enough to inform infection control. Here, we describe a protracted hospital outbreak of multid...

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Autores principales: Halachev, Mihail R, Chan, Jacqueline Z-M, Constantinidou, Chrystala I, Cumley, Nicola, Bradley, Craig, Smith-Banks, Matthew, Oppenheim, Beryl, Pallen, Mark J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25414729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-014-0070-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25414729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-014-0070-x

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