Characterization of the Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Oxacillinase Oxa-58 in an Acinetobacter Genospecies 3 Clinical Isolate | Zendy

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Characterization of the Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Oxacillinase Oxa-58 in an Acinetobacter Genospecies 3 Clinical Isolate

Author(s) -

Sara Martí,

Javier SánchezCéspedes,

M. Dolores Blasco,

Marc Ruiz,

Paula Espinal,

Verónica Alba,

Felipe Fernández-Cuenca,

Álvaro Pascual,

Jordi Vilà

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.00072-08

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

Based on imipenem resistance in an Acinetobacter genospecies 3 clinical isolate, we were able to identify, for the first time in this genomic species, a plasmid-encoded bla(OXA-58) gene that was 100% homologous to the same gene in Acinetobacter baumannii.

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