Novel genetic context of multiple blaOXA-58 genes in Acinetobacter genospecies 3

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1586-1588

  Evans, B A ^a   Hamouda, A ^b   Towner, K J ^c   Amyes, S G B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Carbapenems; Mobile elements; OXA type lactamases

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; RIBOSOME RNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAM; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-58, ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; THIENAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; TRANSPOSON;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSPOSON;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 77954701907     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq180     Document Type: Article

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