Open AccessTn6167, an antibiotic resistance island in an Australian carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii GC2, ST92 isolate
Author(s) -
Steven J. Nigro,
Ruth M. Hall
Publication year - 2012
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/dks037
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , microbiology and biotechnology , acinetobacter , antibiotics , carbapenem , biology , antibiotic resistance , medicine , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics
To determine the context and location of the bla(OXA-23) carbapenem-resistance gene and the structure of the resistance island in the chromosomal comM gene in a representative Australian global clone 2 (GC2) Acinetobacter baumannii isolate.
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