A nosocomial outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates expressing the carbapenem-hydrolysing oxacillinase OXA-58
Author(s) -
Claire Héritier,
Anne Dubouix,
Laurent Poirel,
N. Marty,
Patrice Nordmann
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh500
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , microbiology and biotechnology , carbapenem , plasmid , agar dilution , biology , integron , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , gene , pseudomonas aeruginosa , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , genotype , genetics , minimum inhibitory concentration
The aim of this study was to analyse the spread of the bla(OXA-58) gene as a source of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii in the burns unit of a university hospital in Toulouse in 2003-2004.
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