| Literature DB >> 17438042 |
Alessia Bertini1, Laurent Poirel, Sandrine Bernabeu, Daniela Fortini, Laura Villa, Patrice Nordmann, Alessandra Carattoli.
Abstract
The mechanisms at the origin of heterogeneous carbapenem resistance levels observed among Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected in 2005 in a large University Hospital of Rome, Italy, were investigated. These isolates were related and possessed similar plasmids carrying the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase gene bla(OXA-58) but showed variable levels of resistance to carbapenems. Analysis of sequences surrounding the bla(OXA-58) gene showed genetic variability, with the presence in several isolates of multiple copies of the bla(OXA-58) gene; this extra copy number was likely related to an IS26-mediated transposition or recombination process.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17438042 PMCID: PMC1913244 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01502-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191