Complete genome analysis of three Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in China for insight into the diversification of drug resistance elements.

The emergence and rapid spreading of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains has become a major health threat worldwide. To better understand the genetic recombination related with the acquisition of drug-resistant elements during bacterial infection, we performed complete genome analysi...

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Main Authors: Lingxiang Zhu, Zhongqiang Yan, Zhaojun Zhang, Qiming Zhou, Jinchun Zhou, Edward K Wakeland, Xiangdong Fang, Zhenyu Xuan, Dingxia Shen, Quan-Zhen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3691203?pdf=render