Distribution of intrinsic plasmid replicase genes and their association with carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamase genes in European clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2154-2159

  Towner, Kevin J ^a   Evans, Benjamin ^b,d   Villa, Laura ^c   Levi, Katrina ^a   Hamouda, Ahmed ^b   Amyes, Sebastian G B ^b   Carattoli, Alessandra ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE HYDROLYZING CLASS D BETA LACTAMASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMID REPLICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 79955540860     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01661-10     Document Type: Article

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