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Genetic diversity and clonal evolution of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Portugal and the dissemination of ST118.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Nov 2012
Manageiro V, Jones-Dias D, Ferreira E, Louro D, Caniça M
Abstract excerpt
In this study, 116 multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-Ab) isolates recovered in various regions of Portugal were studied. All isolates were non-susceptible to tigecycline; one isolate was also non-susceptible to colistin, making it a step closer to pandrug resistance. Among 72 isolates tested by PFGE, 98.6% carried bla(OXA-66), 1.4% bla(OXA-104), 77.8% bla(OXA-23), 23.6% bla(OXA-24), 18.1%...
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