The aim of this study was to identify the carbapenemases from clinical carbapenem-resistant complex (CRABC) isolates and to assess their potential dissemination by conjugation and natural transformation. CRABC ( = 101) were collected consecutively from inpatients of the University Hospital of Monastir, Tunisia, from 2013 to 2016. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by the disk diffusion method and E-test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcinetobacter baumannii has intrinsic beta-lactamase genes, namely ampC and bla-like, which are only strongly expressed when the ISAba1 insertion sequence is upstream the 5' end of the genes. A second ampC gene has also been identified in some clinical A. baumannii strains.
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