Carbapenem and amikacin resistance on a large conjugative Acinetobacter baumannii plasmid

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1259-1261

  Nigro, Steven J ^a   Holt, Kathryn E ^b   Pickard, Derek ^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; aphA6; blaOXA 23; Resistance plasmids

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CONTIG; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; TRANSPOSON;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRA GENE; STRB GENE; SUL2 GENE; TETA GENE; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRANSPOSON;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CARBAPENEMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84926453616     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku486     Document Type: Letter

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