Local dissemination of multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii clones in a Thai Hospital

• Main Authors: Palpasa Kansakar, Dorji Dorji, Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, Sirima Mingmongkolchai, Benjaporn Mokmake, Padungsri Dubbs
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/12076

A total of 83 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from patients attending a tertiary care university hospital in Thailand were investigated for their clonal relatedness, antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, and integron carriage. Susceptibility profiles showed that 56 (67%) of these isolates exhibite...