Horizontal transfer of an ISAba125-activated ampC gene between Acinetobacter baumannii strains leading to cephalosporin resistance

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Jan;68(1):244-5. doi: 10.1093/jac/dks345. Epub 2012 Aug 21.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy
  • Acinetobacter Infections / genetics*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / transmission*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Cephalosporin Resistance / drug effects
  • Cephalosporin Resistance / genetics*
  • Cephalosporins / pharmacology
  • Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Cephalosporins
  • AmpC beta-lactamases
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/FJ172370
  • GENBANK/GQ406245
  • GENBANK/JQ684178