Research Article

Overexpression of blaOXA-58 Gene Driven by ISAba3 Is Associated with Imipenem Resistance in a Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate from Vietnam

Table 3

Relative quantitation of blaOXA-51 and blaOXA-58 mRNA level and β-lactamase activity in five A. baumannii isolates.

IsolateDN050TN078DN014TN341TN345

MIC imipenem (μg·ml-1)≥320.50.190.750.5

Relative expression of blaOXA-51ΔCt
Expression (time)1.00
(0.76-1.31)
0.06
(0.05-0.08)
2.51
(1.58-3.98)
0.59
(0.36-0.96)
1.04
(0.69-1.59)

Relative expression of blaOXA-58ΔCt
Expression (time)25.69
(11.3-58.37)
1.17
(0.84-1.64)
1.84
(0.39-8.61)
1.33
(0.93-1.93)
3.01
(2.55-3.56)

Total β-lactamase activity (U·mg-1)Extracellular
Periplasmic