Performance of macrorestriction and repetitive extragenic palindromic DNA sequence-
based PCR (REP-PCR) to type Acinetobacter baumannii isolates was quantitatively …

We have investigated the reproducibility of DiversiLab rep-PCR fingerprints between two
laboratories with the aim of determining if the fingerprints and clustering are laboratory …

Seven laboratories in six European countries examined 40 isolates belonging to the
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex to investigate whether …

In 1990, there was a significant increase in the number of lower respiratory tract infections
and surgical wound infections in the adult intensive care units of our tertiary care teaching …

A set of 103 epidemiologically well-defined Acinetobacter baumannii isolates obtained from
nine hospital outbreaks and 21 unrelated strains were characterized by pulsed-field gel …

Thirty-one strains of Acinetobacter species, including type strains of the 18 genomic species
and 13 clinical isolates, were compared by amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis …

Objective: To study the epidemiological, microbiological, and clinical features of infections
due to Acinetobacter baumannii in a complex endemic situation over an 18-month period …

An epidemiological survey was carried out over a one-week period to assess the spread of
Acinetobacter baumannii in a medical intensive care unit. Fifty strains were isolated from …

Different PCR-based DNA fingerprinting techniques were evaluated for typing 26 clinical
isolates belonging to the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii complex. Seven isolates …

Acinetobacter spp. are being reported with increasing frequency as causes of nosocomial
infection. In order to identify reservoirs of infection as quickly as possible, a rapid typing …