ISAba1 insertion sequence in genome of epidemically relevant Acinetobacter strains
Solomennyĭ, A.P.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 5: 98-100
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 19004290 Document Number: 620425
To detect presence of insertion sequence ISAba1 in genome of strains of Acinetobacter baumanii group isolated in hospitals. Amplification by polymerase chain reaction with oligonucleotide primers specific for ISAba1 region with promoter sequence was performed. Insertion element ISAba1 was detected in A. baumanii strains isolated from cases of nosocomial pneumonia in 5 clinics in different regions of Russian Federation. Summing the results of several studies, the mentioned IS element can be considered as epidemiologically relevant (but insufficient) marker of drug-resistant hospital strains of Acinetobacter.