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Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii by Detection of the bla OXA-51-like Carbapenemase Gene Intrinsic to This Species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2006 · Vol. 44(8) · pp. 2974–2976

Jane F. Turton✉Neil WoodfordJudith GloverS. YardeMary E. KaufmannTyrone L. Pitt

Abstract

bla(OXA-51-like) was sought in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species in a multiplex PCR, which also detects bla(OXA-23-like) and class 1 integrase genes. All isolates that gave a band for bla(OXA-51-like) identified as A. baumannii. This gene was detected in each of 141 isolates of A. baumannii but not in those of 22 other Acinetobacter species.

Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Infections and bacterial resistanceAcinetobacter baumanniiBiologyMicrobiologyAcinetobacterMultiplex polymerase chain reactionGeneNeisseriaceaeIntegraseVirologyPolymerase chain reaction

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Bacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesDNA, BacterialElectrophoresis, Agar GelGenes, BacterialSensitivity and SpecificityPolymerase Chain ReactionIntegrasesAcinetobacter baumannii

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