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. 2011 Mar;55(3):1285-6.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.01142-10. Epub 2011 Jan 3.

First identification and characterization of an AdeABC-like efflux pump in Acinetobacter genomospecies 13TU

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First identification and characterization of an AdeABC-like efflux pump in Acinetobacter genomospecies 13TU

Ignasi Roca et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

Non-Acinetobacter baumannii spp. are emerging among clinical Acinetobacter isolates causing nosocomial infections, and some (such as genomospecies 13TU) appear to be multidrug resistant. The prevalence of non-Acinetobacter baumannii spp. in the hospital setting is likely understated due to poor identification techniques. We report the first identification of an AdeABC-type efflux pump in an Acinetobacter genomospecies 13TU clinical isolate, its contribution to multidrug resistance, and the coexistence of three Ade-type efflux pumps in this strain.

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