TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Dijkshoorn, Lenie
AU  -  Nemec, Alexandr
AU  -  Carretto, Edoardo
T1  -  Acinetobacter baumannii, a troublesome guest 
in the hospital
PY  -  2011
Y1  -  2011-04-01
DO  -  10.1716/949.10382
JO  -  GIMPIOS
JA  -  Gimpios
VL  -  1
IS  -  2
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  1122-407X
Y2  -  2026/04/16
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1716/949.10382
N2  -  . Acinetobacter baumannii is a major nosocomial pathogen which typically affects critically ill patients in intensive care units. This organism is notorious for its resistance to antibiotics, its ability to spread epidemically, and its persistence in the hospital environment. Various genotypic methods have been developed to investigate the epidemiology of the organism at the strain level. Use of these methods has shown that particular clones are mainly responsible for outbreaks and spread in hospitals. With the emergence of carbapenem resistance, options for treatment of A. baumannii infections are limited.
ER  -