A 19-year longitudinal study to characterize carbapenem-nonsusceptible Acinetobacter isolated from patients with bloodstream infections and the contribution of conjugative plasmids to carbapenem resistance and virulence

Background: This study aimed to characterize carbapenem-nonsusceptible Acinetobacter (CNSA) isolated from patients with bacteremia from 1997 to 2015. Methods: A total of 173 CNSA (12.3%) was recovered from 1403 Acinetobacter isolates. The presence of selected β-lactamase genes in CNSA was determined...

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Published in:	Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Main Authors:	Pek Kee Chen, Yi-Tzu Lee, Chia-Ying Liu, Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Kieu Anh, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Chun-Hsing Liao, Yu-Tsung Huang, Yu-Chen Chen, Cheng-Yen Kao
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-04-01
Subjects:	Acinetobacter spp. Bacteremia blaVIM blaIMP Carbapenem resistance Carbapenemase
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118224000355