Occurrence of IMP-1 in non-baumannii Acinetobacter clinical isolates from Brazil.

In this study, we demonstrated that mobile elements carrying carbapenemase-encoding genes such as In86 may persist for a long period, allowing their mobilization from A. baumannii to other Acinetobacter spp. that are usually susceptible to multiple antimicrobials. PMID: 29624159 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research