Preservation of Integron Types among Enterobacteriaceae Producing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in a Spanish Hospital over a 15-Year Period (1988 to 2003)

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2007

Authors

Elisabete Machado (Author) Other; Joana Ferreira (Author) Other; Ângela Novais (Author) Other; Luísa Peixe (Author) FFUP; Rafael Cantón (Author) Other; Fernando Baquero (Author) Other; Teresa M. Coque (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Vol. 51 No. 6

Pages: 2201-2204

ISSN: 0066-4804

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology

Indexing

Pubmed / Medline

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Other medical sciences

CORDIS: Health sciences

Other information

Resumo (PT): The variable presence of integrons among extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae species (0 to 66%) is described. Association between blaESBL and integrons occurred when these are linked to specific ESBL-type genes (In60 bearing ISCR1 and blaCTX-M-9) or when ESBL genes were superimposed onto selected plasmids carrying integrons. Some integrons were identical to those found during decades worldwide, illustrating the preservation of the genetic elements carrying them. <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://ejournals.ebsco.com/Article.asp?ContributionID=12014004">Texto integral </a> <br> <br>

Abstract (EN): The variable presence of integrons among extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae species (0 to 66%) is described. Association between blaESBL and integrons occurred when these are linked to specific ESBL-type genes (In60 bearing ISCR1 and blaCTX-M-9) or when ESBL genes were superimposed onto selected plasmids carrying integrons. Some integrons were identical to those found during decades worldwide, illustrating the preservation of the genetic elements carrying them. <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://ejournals.ebsco.com/Article.asp?ContributionID=12014004"> Full text </a> <br>

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific