Role of common blaOXA-24/OXA-40-carrying platforms and plasmids in the spread of OXA-24/OXA-40 among Acinetobacter species clinical isolates

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Jul;56(7):3969-72. doi: 10.1128/AAC.06255-11. Epub 2012 Apr 23.

Abstract

The spread of OXA-24/OXA-40 (OXA-24/40)-producing Acinetobacter spp. in the Iberian Peninsula has been strongly influenced by clonal expansion, but the role of horizontal gene transfer has scarcely been explored. bla(OXA-24/40)-carrying plasmids and genetic environments were characterized in representative (n = 15) Acinetobacter species clinical isolates (obtained between 2001 and 2007) by Acinetobacter baumannii PCR-based replicon typing, sequencing, hybridization, and restriction fragment length polymorphism. Besides the identification of bla(OXA-24/40) within the chromosomes of some isolates, the circulation of common bla(OXA-24/40)-carrying plasmids (30-kb repA_AB; 10-kb aci2) and genetic backbones among Acinetobacter spp. was demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / enzymology*
  • Acinetobacter / genetics*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / enzymology
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics
  • Gene Transfer, Horizontal / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase OXA-24
  • beta-lactamase OXA-40, Acinetobacter baumannii

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY228470
  • GENBANK/GQ342610
  • GENBANK/GQ377752
  • GENBANK/GQ904226
  • GENBANK/GQ904227
  • GENBANK/JN982951
  • GENBANK/JN982952
  • RefSeq/NC_012813
  • RefSeq/NC_013506