Antibiotic susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of complex strains isolated from a referral hospital in northern Vietnam.

complex is a common cause of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) globally, remarkable for its high rate of antibiotic resistance, including to carbapenems. There are few data on the resistance of in Vietnam, which are essential for developing evidence-based treatment guidelines for HAIs. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was conducted by VITEK2, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was performed on 66 clinical complex isolates recovered during 2009 at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases (NHTD), a referral hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam.