Disruption of the blaOXA-51-like gene by ISAba16 and activation of the blaOXA-58 gene leading to carbapenem resistance in acinetobacter baumannii Ab244

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-63

  Lopes, Bruno S ^a   Evans, Benjamin A ^b   Amyes, Sebastian G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; Gene environment; Insertion sequences; lactamases

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NUCLEOTIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; FXSA GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GNAT GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84859205487     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr415     Document Type: Article

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