Spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying a plasmid with two genes encoding OXA-72 carbapenemase in Lithuanian hospitals | Zendy

Justas Povilonis | Zendy; Vaida Šeputienė | Zendy; Renatas Krasauskas | Zendy; Raminta Juškaitė | Zendy; Monika Miškinytė | Zendy; Kęstutis Sužiedėlis | Zendy; Edita Sužiedėlienė | Zendy

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Spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying a plasmid with two genes encoding OXA-72 carbapenemase in Lithuanian hospitals

Author(s) -

Justas Povilonis,

Vaida Šeputienė,

Renatas Krasauskas,

Raminta Juškaitė,

Monika Miškinytė,

Kęstutis Sužiedėlis,

Edita Sužiedėlienė

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/dks499

Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , microbiology and biotechnology , plasmid , biology , acinetobacter , molecular epidemiology , carbapenem , gene , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , genetics , genotype , pseudomonas aeruginosa

To study the molecular epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Lithuanian hospitals with an emphasis on the characterization of plasmids and antibiotic-resistance genes and their relationship with European clones (ECs) I and II.

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