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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2003, p. 1472-1475, Vol. 47, No. 4
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1472-1475.2003
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Significance of Genomic DNA Group Delineation in Comparative Studies of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Acinetobacter spp.

Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, and,¹ Public Health Laboratory Cemtre, Department of Health, Kowloon, China²

Received 16 March 2001/ Returned for modification 5 November 2001/ Accepted 13 January 2003

There were significant differences in antimicrobial susceptibilities in isolates of genomic DNA groups 2 (Acinetobacter baumannii), 3, and 13TU collected from the same sources, e.g., patients in intensive care units and general wards, and in isolates of the same group collected from different sources. The delineation of genomic groups is important in comparative surveillance studies of antimicrobial susceptibilities.

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