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Interinstitutional and Intrainstitutional Transmission of a Strain of Acinetobacter baumannii Detected by Molecular Analysis Comparison of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Repetitive Sequence–Based Polymerase Chain Reaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

S. Saeed ,
M. G. Fakih ,
K. Riederer ,
A. R. Shah  and
R. Khatib
S. Saeed
Affiliation:
St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
M. G. Fakih
Affiliation:
St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
K. Riederer
Affiliation:
St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
A. R. Shah
Affiliation:
St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
R. Khatib*
Affiliation:
St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
*
Medical Education, St. John Hospital & Medical Center, 22101 Moross Road, Detroit, MI 48236, (riad.khatib@stjohn.org)
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Abstract

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction provided comparable strain discrimination with minor discordance in typing Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from patients at our hospital and affiliated institutions. Typing revealed a cluster strain with intrainstitutional and interinstitutional spread during the study period. A long-term acute care facility may have been the reservoir.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 9 , September 2006 , pp. 981 - 983
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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