Preservation of integron types among Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum beta-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; Angela Novais (Author) Other; Luisa Peixe (Author) FFUP; Rafael Canton (Author) Other; Fernando Baquero (Author) Other; Teresa M Coque (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Vol. 51 No. 4

Pages: 2201-2204

ISSN: 0066-4804

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology

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Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Basic medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-9H2

DOI: 10.1128/aac.01389-06

Abstract (EN): The variable presence of integrons among extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae species (0 to 66%) is described. Association between bla(ESBL) and integrons occurred when these are linked to specific ESBL-type genes (In60 bearing ISCR1 and bla(CTX-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.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4