A diversity of OXA-carbapenemases and class 1 integrons among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Sweden belonging to different international clonal lineages.

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This study was aimed to investigate the molecular epidemiology, mechanism of carbapenem resistance, and occurrence of class 1 integrons among 13 carbapenem-resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii obtained between 2004 and 2007 from Sweden. Nine isolates were linked with hospitalization abroad. Molecular epidemiology was investigated by multilocus sequence typing, multiplex PCRs for major...

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