Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii in Saudi Arabia: risk factors, antimicrobial resistance patterns and mechanisms of carbapenem resistance
Abstract Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen due to its capabilities for developing mechanisms of resistance to a wide range of antimicrobial agents including carbapenems. This review described the risk factors, antimicrobial susceptibility and mechanisms of carbapenem res...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-018-0301-x |