Growing OXA-23 type strains among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and tigecycline as an alternate combination therapy

Altun, Serife; Kocak Tufan, ZELİHA; ALTUN, BELGİN; Onde, Ufuk; Kinikli, Sami; Demiroz, Ali

doi:10.3906/sag-1508-20

Growing OXA-23 type strains among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and tigecycline as an alternate combination therapy

Altun S., Kocak Tufan Z. , ALTUN B., Onde U., Kinikli S., Demiroz A. P.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.46, no.6, pp.1894-1899, 2016 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 46 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1508-20
Title of Journal : TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Page Numbers: pp.1894-1899

Abstract

Background/aim: The increasing prevalence and global spread of difficult-to-treat carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has become a serious problem. The aim of this study is to investigate the resistance patterns and tigecycline sensitivity of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii strains.