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

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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) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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
  • 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.