Investigation of class-d beta-lactamases causing carbapenem resistance in clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates
Articles > Article · 2017
Authors: Iskandar Davandeh, Bayrı ERAÇ, Sabire Şöhret AYDEMİR
TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2017, vol 47, pp 1661-1666
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1607-91
Summary
Background/aim: Acinetobacter baumannii is an important causative agent of nosocomial infections, and carbapenems have been frequently used in the treatment of these infections. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of primary carbapenem hydrolyzing oxacillinase (CHO) types in clinical A. bumannii strains.