Molecular analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated in Lebanon using four different typing methods.

This study analyzed 42 Acinetobacter baumannii strains collected between 2009-2012 from different hospitals in Beyrouth and North Lebanon to better understand the epidemiology and carbapenem resistance mechanisms in our collection and to compare the robustness of pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PF...

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Main Authors: Rayane Rafei, Fouad Dabboussi, Monzer Hamze, Matthieu Eveillard, Carole Lemarié, Marie-Pierre Gaultier, Hassan Mallat, Rima Moghnieh, Rola Husni-Samaha, Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou, Marie Kempf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4277430?pdf=render