| emergence and clonal dissemination of carbapenem-hydrolysing oxa-58-producing acinetobacter baumannii isolates in bolivia. | acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen and very little information is available regarding its imipenem resistance in latin american countries such as bolivia. this study investigated the antimicrobial resistance profile of 46 clinical strains from different hospitals in cochabamba, bolivia, from march 2008 to july 2009, and the presence of carbapenemases as a mechanism of resistance to imipenem. isolates were obtained from 46 patients (one isolate per patient; 30 mal ... | 2012 | 21873380 |
| multi-drug resistance profiles and the genetic features of acinetobacter baumannii isolates from bolivia. | acinetobacter baumannii is opportunistic in debilitated hospitalised patients. because information from some south american countries was previously lacking, this study examined the emergence of multi-resistant a. baumannii in three hospitals in cochabamba, bolivia, from 2008 to 2009. | 2013 | 23592642 |