Isolation of an integron-borne blaVIM-4 type metallo-beta-lactamase gene from a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate in Hungary.
The first integron-borne metallo-beta-lactamase gene was isolated in Hungary. The bla(VIM-4) gene is located on a class 1 integron that also carries a novel bla(OXA)-like gene. The integron is harbored by a serotype O12 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain and shows high structural similarity to integrons isolated in Greece and Poland.
Department of Bacteriology, National Center for Epidemiology, 1097 Budapest, Gyáli út 2-6, Hungary. libischb@oek.antsz.hu
Balázs
B
Libisch
Mária
M
Gacs
Károly
K
Csiszár
Mónika
M
Muzslay
László
L
Rókusz
Miklós
M
Füzi
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006814:Hungary; D032023:Integrons / Q000235:genetics*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012703:Serotyping; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
D015780:Carbapenems; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C477893:beta-lactamase bla(VIM-4), Pseudomonas aeruginosa