Role of common bla OXA-24/OXA-40-carrying platforms and plasmids in the spread of OXA-24/OXA-40 among Acinetobacter species clinical isolates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3969-3972

  Grosso, Filipa ^a   Quinteira, Sandra ^a,b,c   Poirel, Laurent ^d   Novais, Ângela ^a   Peixe, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CESPU   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER HAEMOLYTICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA OXA 24 OXA 40 GENE; CLONAL EVOLUTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 24; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 40, ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-24; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-40, ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BETA-LACTAMASES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84862529498     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.06255-11     Document Type: Article

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