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01-02-2015 | Case Report

Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii reaches a new frontier: prosthetic hip joint infection

Authors: G. T. R. Hischebeth, M. D. Wimmer, E. Molitor, H. Seifert, S. Gravius, I. Bekeredjian-Ding

Published in: Infection | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging nosocomial pathogen primarily in countries with a high prevalence of multidrug resistance. Here we report the detection of a bla _OXA23 carbapenemase-producing A. baumannii strain in a German patient with prosthetic hip joint infection following several hip joint surgeries but no history of foreign travel.

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Title: Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii reaches a new frontier: prosthetic hip joint infection
Authors: G. T. R. Hischebeth
M. D. Wimmer
E. Molitor
H. Seifert
S. Gravius
I. Bekeredjian-Ding
Publication date: 01-02-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Infection / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-014-0661-x

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