Endemic carbapenem resistance associated with OXA-40 carbapenemase among Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a hospital in northern Spain

Lopez-Otsoa, F., Gallego, L., Towner, K. J., Tysall, L., Woodford, N. and Livermore, D. M. (2002) Endemic carbapenem resistance associated with OXA-40 carbapenemase among Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a hospital in northern Spain. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 40 (12). pp. 4741-4743. ISSN 0095-1137

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Abstract

Eighty-two carbapenem-resistant isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from a single hospital in Bilbao were typed into two major clusters and several subclusters. Disk synergy tests and PCR indicated the production of a zinc-independent OXA-class carbapenemase. Sequencing identified this enzyme, OXA-40, as a variant of the OXA-24-OXA-25-OXA-26 cluster.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	12 Jul 2011 09:41
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 04:39
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/33501
DOI:	10.1128/JCM.40.12.4741-4743.2002

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