Abstract
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction provided comparable strain discrimination with minor discordance in typing Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from patients at our hospital and affiliated institutions. Typing revealed a cluster strain with intrainstitutional and interinstitutional spread during the study period. A long-term acute care facility may have been the reservoir.
Publication types
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Clinical Trial
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Comparative Study
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Multicenter Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology*
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Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
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Acinetobacter baumannii / classification*
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Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Cross Infection / epidemiology*
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Cross Infection / microbiology
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field*
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Humans
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Infant
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Interinstitutional Relations
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Michigan / epidemiology
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Middle Aged
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Polymerase Chain Reaction*