Horizontal transfer of the OXA-24 carbapenemase gene via outer membrane vesicles: A new mechanism of dissemination of carbapenem resistance genes in Acinetobacter baumannii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3084-3090

  Rumbo, Carlos ^a   Fernández Moreira, Esteban ^a   Merino, María ^a   Poza, Margarita ^a   Mendez, Jose Antonio ^a   Soares, Nelson C ^a   Mosquera, Alejandro ^a   Chaves, Fernando ^b   Bou, Germán ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 24; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; DORIPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

EID: 79959279205     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00929-10     Document Type: Article

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