Prevalence of ESBLs in Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from intensive care unit (ICU) of Ghaem hospital, Mashhad, Iran

Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen that mainly infects critically patients in intensive care units (ICU). The production of plasmid-mediated extended-spectrum b-lactamases (ESBLs) is one of the most important mechanisms of resistance against b-lactam antibiotics. This stu...

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Main Authors: Elham Zarifi, Gilda Eslami, Azad Khaledi, Mahmood Vakili, Hossein Vazini, Hengameh Zandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
Subjects:
icu
Online Access:https://microbiologyjournal.org/prevalence-of-esbls-in-acinetobacter-baumannii-isolated-from-intensive-care-unit-icu-of-ghaem-hospital-mashhad-iran/