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Detection and typing of integrons in epidemic strains of Acinetobacter baumannii found in the United Kingdom.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2005
Turton Jane F, Kaufmann Mary E, Glover Judith, Coelho Juliana M, Warner Marina, Pike Rachel, Pitt Tyrone L
Abstract excerpt
Integrons were sought in Acinetobacter isolates from hospitals in the United Kingdom by integrase gene PCR. Isolates were compared by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and most belonged to a small number of outbreak strains or clones of A. baumannii, which are highly successful in the United Kingdom. Class 1 integrons were found in all of the outbreak isolates but in none of the sporadic isolates. No class 2...
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