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At King Fahd Hospital of the University (KFHU), Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, there had been a significant increase in the number of cases of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                      infections.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The objective of this study was to determine the clonal relationship between\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                      collected from different specimens of patients admitted to KFHU using the enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus\u2013polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR) fingerprinting method.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                      strains were isolated from a total of 59 specimens from inpatients admitted to KFHU between January and September 2014. These specimens were mainly collected from wound, rectal and throat swabs and transtracheal aspiration. ERIC-PCR fingerprinting was used to determine the clonal relationship between the different isolated strains.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Using ERIC-PCR fingerprinting genotype analysis, 51 strains of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                      were clustered into seven groups, while the remaining 8 were single strains. The genetic relatedness of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolated from admitted patients was high, indicating cross-transmission within the hospitalized patients.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study found that the increase in the incidence of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                      in patients at KFHU was likely due to the spread of seven epidemic clones, thereby highlighting the need for intensifying the infection control measures to prevent nosocomial transmission of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                      . 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