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Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster
Acinetobacter baumannii is a major pathogen causing nosocomial infections, particularly in critically ill patients. This organism has acquired the propensity to rapidly develop resistance to most antibiotics. At several hospitals within Cape Town, tobramycin and colistin remain frequently the only t...
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| author | Moodley, Vineshree Mischka |
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| description | Acinetobacter baumannii is a major pathogen causing nosocomial infections, particularly in critically ill patients. This organism has acquired the propensity to rapidly develop resistance to most antibiotics. At several hospitals within Cape Town, tobramycin and colistin remain frequently the only therapeutic options. The Vitek2 automated susceptibility testing (AST) is used in the clinical laboratory to determine selected susceptibility profiles. The suspicion of a possible AST-related technical error when testing for susceptibility to tobramycin in A. baumannii precipitated this study. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11686 Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster Moodley, Vineshree Mischka Oliver, Stephen Elisha, B Gay Medical Virology Acinetobacter baumannii is a major pathogen causing nosocomial infections, particularly in critically ill patients. This organism has acquired the propensity to rapidly develop resistance to most antibiotics. At several hospitals within Cape Town, tobramycin and colistin remain frequently the only therapeutic options. The Vitek2 automated susceptibility testing (AST) is used in the clinical laboratory to determine selected susceptibility profiles. The suspicion of a possible AST-related technical error when testing for susceptibility to tobramycin in A. baumannii precipitated this study. 2015-01-07T13:29:07Z 2015-01-07T13:29:07Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11686 eng application/pdf Division of Virology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Medical Virology Moodley, Vineshree Mischka Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster |
| title_full | Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster |
| title_fullStr | Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster |
| title_short | Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster |
| title_sort | acinetobacter baumannii an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster |
| topic | Medical Virology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11686 |
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