Characterization of the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase Oxa-58 in an Acinetobacter genospecies 3 clinical isolate

Based on imipenem resistance in an Acinetobacter genospecies 3 clinical isolate, we were able to identify, for the first time in this genomic species, a plasmid-encoded bla(OXA-58) gene that was 100% homologous to the same gene in Acinetobacter baumannii.