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OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii: a new hotspot of diversity in Rio de Janeiro?
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2011
Grosso Filipa, Carvalho Karyne Rangel, Quinteira Sandra, Ramos Ana, Carvalho-Assef Ana Paula D'Alincourt, Asensi Marise Dutra, Peixe Luísa
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OBJECTIVES: this study focused on the population structure of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS: the analysis included several genomic typing methods, including PFGE, two multilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemes, sequence group (SG) determination and bla(OXA-51-like) sequencing. The genomic context of the bla(OXA-23) gene was also evaluated using...
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