Growing OXA-23 type strains among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and tigecycline as an alternate combination therapy

ALTUN, Serife; Kocak Tufan, Zeliha; ALTUN, BELGİN; ÖNDE, Ufuk; KINIKLI, Sami; DEMİRÖZ, Ali

doi:10.3906/sag-1508-20

Growing OXA-23 type strains among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and tigecycline as an alternate combination therapy

ALTUN S., Kocak Tufan Z., ALTUN B., ÖNDE U., KINIKLI S., DEMİRÖZ A. P.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.46, sa.6, ss.1894-1899, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 6
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-1508-20
Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1894-1899
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background/aim: The increasing prevalence and global spread of difficult-to-treat carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has become a serious problem. The aim of this study is to investigate the resistance patterns and tigecycline sensitivity of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii strains.