| regional dissemination of acinetobacter species harbouring metallo-β-lactamase genes in japan. | metallo-β-lactamase (mbl) producers have been reported among the various acinetobacter species worldwide. in this study, the epidemiology and molecular characteristics of carbapenemase-encoding genes and mobile elements were studied to analyse the regional dissemination of mbl genes in acinetobacter species. from january 2001 to december 2006, 48 acinetobacter isolates harbouring mbl genes identified from five hospitals in kyoto and shiga prefecture, japan were collected and analysed. the partia ... | 2013 | 23009350 |