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Identification of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase gene (NDM-1) from a clinical isolate of <i>Acinetobacter junii</i> in China
1 Jan 2012
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New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is a novel type of metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) responsible for bacterial resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. Acinetobacter junii was previously shown to possess a MBL phenotype; however, the genes responsible for this phenotype were not identified. In this study, we reported the identification of NDM-1 gene in a clinical isolate of A. junii from a child patient in China,...
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