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.
- Livermore, DM
Publication date
December 2002
DOI Publisher
American Society for Microbiology ISSN
0095-1137 Citation count (estimate)
71Abstract
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
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