ISAba825 controls the expression of the chromosomal blaOXA-51-like and the plasmid borne blaOXA-58 gene in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from the United States
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 06/29/2012
Lopes BS et al. – The study presents the first report of ISAba825 simultaneously governing the blaOXA–65 gene and the blaOXA–58–like gene expression and also highlights the importance of this element in carbapenem sensitive isogenic strains, which were once carbapenem resistant.
