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Characterization of the Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Oxacillinase Oxa-58 in an Acinetobacter Genospecies 3 Clinical Isolate

Javier Sánchez-céspedesPaula EspinalJordi VilaM. Dolores BlascoSara MartíVerónica AlbaFelipe Fernández-cuencaMarc RuizÁLvaro Pascual

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ImipenemCarbapenemMolecular Sequence DataMicrobial Sensitivity TestsBiologybeta-LactamasesMicrobiologyPlasmidBacterial ProteinsMechanisms of Resistancepolycyclic compoundsmedicineHumansPharmacology (medical)Antibacterial agentPharmacologyAcinetobacterBase SequenceSequence Analysis DNAbiochemical phenomena metabolism and nutritionAcinetobacterbacterial infections and mycosesbiology.organism_classificationAnti-Bacterial AgentsAcinetobacter baumanniiImipenemInfectious DiseasesCarbapenemsNeisseriaceaeBacteriaAcinetobacter InfectionsPlasmidsmedicine.drug

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ABSTRACT Based on imipenem resistance in an Acinetobacter genospecies 3 clinical isolate, we were able to identify, for the first time in this genomic species, a plasmid-encoded bla OXA-58 gene that was 100% homologous to the same gene in Acinetobacter baumannii .

https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00072-08