title: [Genetic variety of Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit for burn patients].
abstract: The genetic structure of A. baumannii hospital isolates, formed in the course of 2002 - 2004 in an intensive care unit for burn patients (St. Petersburg) was studied. The prolonged circulation of only some clonal strains was shown, 35% of the isolates belonged to dominating strains. Phenotypically, all cultures were characterized by resistance to the preparations of the cephalosporin row and gentamicin. The presence of class 1 integron with variable segment sized 2.5 kbp was found in the genotype of four isolates with the use the polymerase chain reaction. The restriction analysis revealed its similarity with integron, detected earlier (in 1989 - 2001 ) in A. baumannii in European hospitals abroad.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Solomennyĭ
authors.forename: R Kh
authors.initials: RKh
authors.lastname: Iafaev
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Goncharov
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Aslanov
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Krylov
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Maksimov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Demakov
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000382:microbiology; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons / Q000235:genetics; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005839:Gentamicins