Novel genetic structure harbouring blaPER-1 in ceftazidime-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from Kuwait

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2014 Apr;43(4):383-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.01.001. Epub 2014 Jan 21.

Authors

Andrés Opazo¹, Leila Vali², Khaled Al Obaid³, Ali A Dashti², Sebastian G B Amyes⁴

Affiliations

¹ Medical Microbiology, The Chancellor's Building, University of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK. Electronic address: a.f.opazo@sms.ed.ac.uk.
² Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
³ Microbiology Department, Amiri Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
⁴ Medical Microbiology, The Chancellor's Building, University of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK.

PMID: 24507958
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.01.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy
Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects*
Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics*
Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
Aged
Ceftazidime / pharmacology*
Ceftazidime / therapeutic use
Cross Infection
DNA Transposable Elements / genetics*
Humans
Kuwait
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Sequence Data
Multilocus Sequence Typing
beta-Lactam Resistance / genetics
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

DNA Transposable Elements
Ceftazidime
beta-lactamase PER-1
beta-Lactamases

Associated data

GENBANK/KF978125