Distribution of Allelic Variants of the Chromosomal Gene bla (OXA-114-like) in Achromobacter xylosoxidans Clinical Isolates

Traglia GM; Almuzara M; Merkier AK; Papalia M; Galanternik L; Radice M; Vay C; Centron D; Ramirez MS

Current Microbiology, Vol.67, No.5, 596-600, 2013

DOI10.1007/s00284-013-0407-5 Export Citation

Distribution of Allelic Variants of the Chromosomal Gene bla (OXA-114-like) in Achromobacter xylosoxidans Clinical Isolates

Traglia GM, Almuzara M, Merkier AK, Papalia M, Galanternik L, Radice M, Vay C, Centron D, Ramirez MS

Achromobacter xylosoxidans is increasingly being documented in cystic fibrosis patients. The bla (OXA-114) gene has been recognized as a naturally occurring chromosomal gene, exhibiting different allelic variants. In the population under study, the bla (OXA-114-like) gene was found in 19/19 non-epidemiological-related clinical isolates of A. xylosoxidans with ten different alleles including 1 novel OXA-114 variant.