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. 2012 Aug;56(8):4548-9.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.00923-12. Epub 2012 Jun 11.

AbaR4-type resistance island including the blaOXA-23 gene in Acinetobacter nosocomialis isolates

Dae Hun Kim  1 , Ji Young Choi, Sook-In Jung, Visanu Thamlikitkul, Jae-Hoon Song, Kwan Soo Ko
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AbaR4-type resistance island including the blaOXA-23 gene in Acinetobacter nosocomialis isolates

Dae Hun Kim et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

This study reports for the first time the AbaR4-type resistance island with the bla(OXA-23) gene in two carbapenem-resistant A. nosocomialis isolates from South Korea and Thailand.

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