Inclusion of OXA-143 primers in a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genes encoding prevalent OXA carbapenemases in Acinetobacter spp.

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-

  Higgins, Paul G ^a   Lehmann, Marlene ^a   Seifert, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; PROTEIN OXA 143; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOME SIZE; LETTER; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 73549083620     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.10.014     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Higgins P.G., Poirel L., Lehmann M., Nordmann P., and Seifert H. OXA-143, a novel carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamase in Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53 (2009) 5035-5038
2. Woodford N., Ellington M.J., Coelho J.M., Turton J.F., Ward M.E., Brown S., et al. Multiplex PCR for genes encoding prevalent OXA carbapenemases in Acinetobacter spp. Int J Antimicrob Agents 27 (2006) 351-353
3. Higgins P.G., Dammhayn C., Wisplinghoff H., Hackel M., and Seifert H. Global epidemiology of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. 48th annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherpay (ICAAC)/46th Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, 25-28 October 2008, Washington, DC (2008), ASM Press, Washington, DC