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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1759-1763, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1759-1763.2004
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Departments of Internal Medicine,1 Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital,3 School of Medical Technology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan2
Received 8 October 2003/ Returned for modification 8 December 2003/ Accepted 22 December 2003
From December 2002 to February 2003, 15 isolates of pandrug-resistant unidentified Acinetobacter species were recovered from seven patients treated on different wards or intensive care units. Both 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism profiles and sequence analysis of these isolates identified them as Acinetobacter baumannii. This pandrug-resistant A. baumannii strain with an unusual phenotype could persist in humans for long periods and was widely disseminated throughout the hospital.
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