| molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii in new caledonia. | carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii (cr-ab) ranked third, with a frequency of 24.8%, among 202 strains of multidrug-resistant bacteria isolated from clinical samples in the main hospital of new caledonia in 2004. all cr-ab isolates were analysed by isoelectric focusing, conjugation, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and pcr for the presence of carbapenemase genes. fifty cr-ab isolates produced carbapenemase oxa-23. the isolates belonged to a single clone presenting several subtypes, sugg ... | 2008 | 18828857 |
| risk factors for carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii infections at a tertiary care hospital in new caledonia, south pacific. | in new caledonia, south pacific, acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen. oxa-23 carbapenem-resistant a. baumannii (crab) has been ranked third among all multidrug-resistant (mdr) bacteria at the main hospital of nouméa in new caledonia (24.8%, 50/202 isolates). in the present study, risk factors and outcomes for 50 patients with crab infection were compared with those of 152 patients infected with other mdr bacteria. independent risk factors for infection with crab were respiratory war ... | 2010 | 20560868 |