Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Harboring OXA-24 carbapenemase, Spain.

ABSTRACT: In February 2006, a patient colonized with a multidrug-resistant sequence type 56 Acinetobacter baumannii strain was admitted to a hospital in Madrid, Spain. This strain spread rapidly and caused a large outbreak in the hospital. Clinicians should be alert for this strain because its spread would have serious health consequences.

SUBMITTER: Acosta J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358182 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature