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, vol.46, no.6, pp.1894-1899, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 46 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1508-20
Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.1894-1899
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.