title: bla(IMP-9) and its association with large plasmids carried by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the People's Republic of China.
abstract: A novel plasmid-mediated metallo-beta-lactamase (IMP-9) is described in seven isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Guangzhou, China, isolated in 2000. The gene was carried on a large (approximately 450-kb) IncP-2 conjugative plasmid. This is the first report of carriage of bla(IMP) genes on such large plasmids.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jianhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hynes
authors.forename: Huifen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Huiling
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yinmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Fatima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: M'zali
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hawkey
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001618:beta-Lactamases