Identification of a marker for two lineages within the GC1 clone of Acinetobacter baumannii

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 557-558

  Hamidian, Mohammad ^a   Wynn, Matthew ^a   Holt, Kathryn E ^b   Pickard, Derek ^c   Dougan, Gordon ^c   Hall, Ruth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; AbaR0; Antibiotic resistance islands; Global clone 1; ISAba1

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; DISK DIFFUSION; GLOBAL CLONE 1; INTEGRON; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

A. BAUMANNII; ABAR0; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE ISLANDS; GLOBAL CLONE 1; ISABA1;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84892455270     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt379     Document Type: Letter

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