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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2010

OXA-24 carbapenemase gene flanked by XerC/XerD-like recombination sites in different plasmids from different Acinetobacter species isolated during a nosocomial outbreak.

María Merino, Joshi Acosta, Margarita Poza, Francisca Sanz, Alejandro Beceiro, Fernando Chaves, Germán Bou

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

María MerinoLaboratorio de Microbiología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, Xubias s/n, 3 Planta Ed. Sur, 15006 La Coruña, Spain.
Joshi Acosta
Margarita Poza
Francisca Sanz
Alejandro Beceiro
Fernando Chaves
Germán Bou
Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña · ESComplexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A clinical strain of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus resistant to carbapenems was isolated from a blood culture sample from an inpatient in a hospital in Madrid (Spain) during a large outbreak of infection (affecting more than 300 inpatients), caused by a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clone. The carbapenem resistance in both the A. calcoaceticus and A. baumannii clones was due to a bla(OXA-24) gene harbored in different plasmids. The plasmids were fully sequenced, revealing the presence of site-specific recombination binding sites putatively involved in mobilization of the bla(OXA-24) gene. Comparison of plasmids contained in the two strains revealed possible horizontal transmission of resistance genes between the Acinetobacter species.

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Disease OutbreaksAcinetobacterAcinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter calcoaceticusAcinetobacter InfectionsBacterial ProteinsBase Sequencebeta-Lactamasesbeta-Lactam ResistanceCross InfectionDNA-Binding ProteinsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialGenes, BacterialGene Transfer, HorizontalHumansIn Vitro TechniquesBacterial Proteinsbeta-lactamase OXA-24beta-LactamasesDnaA protein, BacteriaDNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID20385865
PMCPMC2876395
OpenAlexW2171348592

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