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Escherichia coli from Italy Producing OXA-48 Carbapenemase Encoded by a Novel Tn 1999 Transposon Derivative

2012; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 56; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/aac.00035-12

1098-6596

Tommaso Giani, Viola Conte, Vincenzo Di Pilato, Richard Aschbacher, Cordula Weber, Clara Larcher, Gian María Rossolini,

Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies

OXA-48 is an emerging class D carbapenemase originally identified in isolates from Turkey ([14][1]) and subsequently detected in several European and north African countries ([10][2]). Klebsiella pneumoniae is the most common host for OXA-48, but the enzyme has also been detected in Escherichia coli