Two clinical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying plasmid-borne blaIMP-4, blaSHV-12, and armA isolated at a Pediatric Center in Shanghai, China.

Authors :: Liu Y
Zhang B
Cao Q
Huang W
Shen L
Qin X
Source :: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy [Antimicrob Agents Chemother] 2009 Apr; Vol. 53 (4), pp. 1642-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jan 21.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: Two cases of pulmonary infection due to strains of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae were investigated. Beta-lactamase determinants, such as bla(IMP-4) and bla(SHV-12), and the 16S rRNA methyltransferase-encoding gene armA were detected in these plasmid-bearing organisms. The integron-borne bla(IMP-4) and armA contained intervening sequences highly related to those of a Vibrio cholerae O139 plasmid found in Hangzhou, China.

Subjects :: Base Sequence
Child
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Infant
Klebsiella pneumoniae drug effects
Klebsiella pneumoniae genetics
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Klebsiella pneumoniae enzymology
Methyltransferases genetics
Plasmids
beta-Lactamases genetics

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