Carbapenem resistance and Acinetobacter baumannii in Senegal: the paradigm of a common phenomenon in natural reservoirs.

Incidence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is rising in several parts of the world. In Africa, data concerning this species and its resistance to carbapenems are limited. The objective of the present study was to identify the presence of A. baumannii carbapenem-resistant encoding gene...

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Main Authors: Marie Kempf, Jean-Marc Rolain, Georges Diatta, Saïd Azza, Bissoum Samb, Oleg Mediannikov, Amy Gassama Sow, Seydina M Diene, Florence Fenollar, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22745768/?tool=EBI