Detection of intrinsic blaOXA-51-like by multiplex PCR on its own is not reliable for the identification of Acinetobacter baumannii

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-89

  Zander, Esther ^a   Higgins, Paul G ^a   Fernández González, Ana ^b   Seifert, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GyrB PCR; Insertion sequence; OXA multiplex PCR; Oxacillinase; RpoB sequencing

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 51, ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-51, ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH KOREA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; TURKEY;

EID: 84875365326     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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