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Characterization of pABVA01, a plasmid encoding the OXA-24 carbapenemase from Italian isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2009
D'Andrea Marco Maria, Giani Tommaso, D'Arezzo Silvia, Capone Alessandro, Petrosillo Nicola, Visca Paolo, Luzzaro Francesco, Rossolini Gian Maria
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Two epidemiologically unrelated carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were investigated as representatives of the first Italian isolates producing the OXA-24 carbapenemase. Both isolates were of European clonal lineage II and carried an identical OXA-24-encoding plasmid, named pAB...
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