AbaR4-type resistance island including the blaOXA-23 gene in Acinetobacter nosocomialis isolates

Dae Hun Kim; Ji Young Choi; Sook-In Jung; Visanu Thamlikitkul; Jae-Hoon Song; Kwan Soo Ko

doi:10.1128/AAC.00923-12

AbaR4-type resistance island including the blaOXA-23 gene in Acinetobacter nosocomialis isolates

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Aug;56(8):4548-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00923-12. Epub 2012 Jun 11.

Authors

Dae Hun Kim¹, Ji Young Choi, Sook-In Jung, Visanu Thamlikitkul, Jae-Hoon Song, Kwan Soo Ko

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea.

Abstract

This study reports for the first time the AbaR4-type resistance island with the bla(OXA-23) gene in two carbapenem-resistant A. nosocomialis isolates from South Korea and Thailand.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter / drug effects*
Acinetobacter / genetics*
Acinetobacter / isolation & purification
Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy*
Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Carbapenems / pharmacology*
Carbapenems / therapeutic use
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Republic of Korea
Thailand
beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Carbapenems
beta-lactamase OXA-23
beta-Lactamases