First report of Oxa-72-producing Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in Lebanon

Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. has been increasingly reported worldwide. We report here the first detection of an Acinetobacter calcoaceticus isolate from vegetables in Lebanon carrying the blaOxa-72 gene. These findings show that the Lebanese environment may constitute a poten...

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Main Authors: A. Al Atrouni, M. Kempf, M. Eveillard, R. Rafei, M. Hamze, M.-L. Joly-Guillou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297515001043