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First Description of Two Sequence Type 2 Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Carrying OXA-23 Carbapenemase in Pagellus acarne Fished from the Mediterranean Sea near Bejaia, Algeria.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2016
Brahmi Soumia, Touati Abdelaziz, Cadière Axelle, Djahmi Nassima, Pantel Alix, Sotto Albert, Lavigne Jean-Philippe, Dunyach-Remy Catherine
Abstract excerpt
To determine the occurrence of carbapenem-resistantAcinetobacter baumanniiin fish fished from the Mediterranean Sea near the Bejaia coast (Algeria), we studied 300 gills and gut samples that had been randomly and prospectively collected during 1 year. After screening on selective agar media, using PCR arrays and whole-genome sequencing, we identified for the first time two OXA-23-producingA. baumanniistrains...
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