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Diversity of carbapenem resistance mechanisms in Acinetobacter baumannii from a Taiwan hospital: spread of plasmid-borne OXA-72 carbapenemase.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2009
Lu Po-Liang, Doumith Michel, Livermore David M, Chen Tyen-Po, Woodford Neil
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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from a Taiwanese hospital and determined the mechanisms responsible for resistance. METHODS: Ninety-two consecutive meropenem-resistant A. baumannii isolates collected between January 2005 and June 2007 were screened for genes encoding OXA carbapenemases, metallo-beta-lactamases and for the carO gene encoding an...
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