A novel family of genomic resistance islands, AbGRI2, contributing to aminoglycoside resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates belonging to global clone 2
Author(s) -
Steven J. Nigro,
Daniel N. Farrugia,
Ian T. Paulsen,
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/dks459
Subject(s) - integron , biology , acinetobacter baumannii , genetics , gene cassette , gene , clone (java method) , plasmid , context (archaeology) , genome , insertion sequence , acinetobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , genomic island , transposable element , pseudomonas aeruginosa , antibiotics , bacteria , paleontology
To determine the context and location of antibiotic resistance genes in carbapenem- and aminoglycoside-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii global clone 2 (GC2) isolates carrying a class 1 integron.
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