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Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. doi:10.1128/AAC.00861-09
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First isolation of the blaOXA-23 carbapenemase gene from an environmental Acinetobacter baumannii

Delphine Girlich, Laurent Poirel, and Patrice Nordmann*

Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, INSERM U914 «Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics», Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine et Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 94275 K. -Bicêtre, France

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: nordmann.patrice{at}bct.aphp.fr.


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Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii is frequently associated with nosocomial infections and its increasing resistance to carbapenems, may significantly reduce the choice of effective antibiotics (2). ...






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