title: Emergence of Proteus mirabilis carrying the bla metallo-beta-lactamase gene.
abstract: Seven genetically related Proteus mirabilis clinical isolates from a hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, exhibited decreased susceptibility to imipenem and carried a bla(VIM-1) metallo-beta-lactamase gene. PCR mapping revealed that bla(VIM-1) was part of a class 1 integron that was probably located in the chromosome and also included the aacA7, dhfr and aadA genes. This is the first description of the bla(VIM-1) metallo-beta-lactamase gene in P. mirabilis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vourli
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsorlini
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katsifa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polemis
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Tzouvelekis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kontodimou
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Vatopoulos
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015780:Carbapenems; D015378:Imipenem; C417264:VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase; D001618:beta-Lactamases