Multiplex PCR for rapid detection of genes encoding oxacillinases and metallo-beta-lactamases in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Nov;58(Pt 11):1522-1524. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.011080-0. Epub 2009 Jul 2.

Authors

Anna Karina Mostachio^{1

2}, Inneke van der Heidjen^{1

2}, Flavia Rossi^{1

2}, Anna Sara Levin^{1

2}, Silvia F Costa^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratório de Microbiologia, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² LIM-54, Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 19574410
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011080-0

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
Acinetobacter* / classification
Acinetobacter* / drug effects
Acinetobacter* / enzymology
Acinetobacter* / genetics
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Brazil
Carbapenems / pharmacology*
Cross Infection / microbiology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Hospitals
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Time Factors
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Carbapenems
beta-lactamase OXA-23
beta-Lactamases
oxacillinase