The role of the genetic elements bla oxa and IS Aba 1 in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex in carbapenem resistance in the hospital setting

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Vanessa Cristine Kobs, Jéssica Augustini Ferreira, Thaís Alexandra Bobrowicz, Leslie Ecker Ferreira, Roseneide Campos Deglmann, Glauco Adrieno Westphal, Paulo Henrique Condeixa de França
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex; bla OXA; ISAba1; Carbapenem antibiotics; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Joinville
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0002-2016; https://doaj.org/article/210d71ce00ac4359a34b223be779c57e

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Members of the Acinetobacter genus are key pathogens that cause healthcare-associated infections, and they tend to spread and develop new antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Oxacillinases are primarily responsible for resistance to carbapenem antibiotics. Higher rates of carbap...