Volume 11, Number 1—January 2005
Research
Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Aharon Abbo*, Shiri Navon-Venezia*, Orly Hammer-Muntz*, Tami Krichali*, Yardena Siegman-Igra*, and Yehuda Carmeli*
Table 1
Characteristics of 51 strains available for PFGE typing, 2001*
| Clone | No. of isolates | No. of wards | Months | Carbapenem resistance | Sulbactam resistance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 22 | 14 | January–June | 16 | 1 |
| B | 10 | 8 | February–July | 1 | |
| C | 4 | 4 | January–June | 1 | 2 |
| D | 2 | 2 | January, June | ||
| E | 2 | 1 | January | ||
| F | 3 | 3 | March, April | ||
| I | 5 | 4 | February–April | 2 | |
| Lone† | 1 | 1 | January | ||
| Lone† | 1 | 1 | January | ||
| Lone† | 1 | 1 | April |
*PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
†Lone, unique clone; each had a different ward of isolation.
