August 1, 2006Open Access

Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii by Detection of the bla OXA-51-like Carbapenemase Gene Intrinsic to This Species

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bla(OXA-51-like) was sought in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species in a multiplex PCR, which also detects bla(OXA-23-like) and class 1 integrase genes. All isolates that gave a band for bla(OXA-51-like) identified as A. baumannii. This gene was detected in each of 141 isolates of A. baumannii but not in those of 22 other Acinetobacter species.

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