Overexpression of the naturally occurring blaOXA-51 gene in Acinetobacter baumannii mediated by novel insertion sequence ISAba9

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4045-4047

  Figueiredo, Samy ^a   Poirel, Laurent ^a   Papa, Anna ^b   Koulourida, Vassiliki ^c   Nordmann, Patrice ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLAOXA 51 GENE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 70349106806     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00292-09     Document Type: Letter

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