Corpus ID: 25169477

Clonal spread of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the patients and their environment at BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital.

@article{Phumisantiphong2009ClonalSO,
  title={Clonal spread of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the patients and their environment at BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital.},
  author={Uraporn Phumisantiphong and P. Diraphat and F. Utrarachkij and Somchai Uaratanawong and K. Siripanichgon},
  journal={Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet},
  year={2009},
  volume={92 Suppl 7},
  pages={
          S173-80
        }
}

Uraporn Phumisantiphong, P. Diraphat, +2 authors K. Siripanichgon

Published 2009

Medicine

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet

OBJECTIVE To determine the clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in the patients and their environment at BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD A prospective study on CRAB isolated from the clinical specimens of 30 patients and 300 from their environmental samples were carried out from September 1-15, 2008. The CRAB isolates were genotyped using PCR-based typing method. RESULTS Twenty-six (86.7%) and 20 (66.7%) cases of 30 patients had… CONTINUE READING

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