Insertion sequence IS18 mediates overexpression of blaOXA-257 in a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter bereziniae
Esther Zander1, Harald Seifert, Paul G Higgins
1Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
|August 13, 2013
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