Metallo-beta-lactamase gene bla(IMP-15) in a class 1 integron, In95, from Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from a hospital in Mexico.
During 2003, 40 carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates collected in a Mexican tertiary-care hospital were screened for metallo-beta-lactamase production. Thirteen isolates produced IMP-15, and 12 had a single pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern. The bla(IMP-15) gene cassette was inserted in a plasmid-borne integron with a unique array of gene cassettes and was named In95.
Garza-Ramos
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Morfin-Otero
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Sader
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Jones
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Hernández
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Rodriguez-Noriega
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Sanchez
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Carrillo
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B
Esparza-Ahumada
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Silva-Sanchez
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J
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons / Q000235:genetics*; D008800:Mexico; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001618:beta-Lactamases