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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from Brazil: role of carO alleles expression and bla(OXA-23) gene

BACKGROUND: Carbapenems are the antibiotics of choice to treat infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii, and resistance to this class can be determined by loss of membrane permeability and enzymatic mechanisms. Here, we analyzed the basis of carbapenem resistance in clinical A. baumannii isolate...

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Autores principales: Fonseca, Erica Lourenço, Scheidegger, Erica, Freitas, Fernanda S, Cipriano, Rosângela, Vicente, Ana Carolina P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24195496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-245