Three Novel Acinetobacter baumannii Plasmid Replicase-Homology Groups Inferred from the Analysis of a Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Strain Isolated in Argentina
Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen responsible for a variety of nosocomial infections [1,2]. Its success in the hospital environment obeys to multiple causes, among them, the ability to resist antimicrobial compounds. It can rapidly evolve Multidrug Resistance (MDR) when...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/94268 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94268 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | PLASMIDOS ACINETOBACTER PATOGENO OPORTUNISTA RESISTENCIA A ANTIBIOTICOS https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen responsible for a variety of nosocomial infections [1,2]. Its success in the hospital environment obeys to multiple causes, among them, the ability to resist antimicrobial compounds. It can rapidly evolve Multidrug Resistance (MDR) when confronted with antibiotic therapy [1-3] and in particular, the emerging resistance to last-resort carbapenems represents a major concern worldwide [3]. The most frequent cause of carbapenem resistance in A. baumannii is represented nowadays by the acquired Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Class D β-Lactamases (CHDL) of the OXA-23, OXA-40 and OXA-58 groups, with the respective blaOXA genes generally embedded in distinct genetic structures carried by plasmids [2,4-7]. |
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