Occurrence of bla_NDM-1 in a Clinical Isolate of Acinetobacter lwoffii in Japan: Comparison of bla_NDM-1-Harboring Plasmids between A. lwoffii and A. pittii Originated from a Hospital Sink

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2021 May 24;74(3):252-254. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.806. Epub 2020 Nov 30.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Japan.
² Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Japan.
⁴ Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 33250496
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.806

No abstract available

Keywords: Acinetobacter lwoffii; Acinetobacter pittii; ISAba125; blaNDM-1; blaOXA-915.

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter / enzymology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Fomites*
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / physiology*
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / physiology*
Hospitals
Japan
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
beta-Lactamases / genetics
beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
beta-Lactamases
beta-lactamase NDM-1

Supplementary concepts

Acinetobacter lwoffii
Acinetobacter pittii