title: Occurrence and characteristics of class 1 and 2 integrons in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients in southern China.
abstract: Class 1 and 2 integrons were detected in 45.8% (54/118) and 19.5% (23/118) of our tested Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, respectively. Three strains were positive for both the integrons. This is the first report of class 2 integrons in P. aeruginosa and also of isolates carrying class 1 and 2 integrons simultaneously.
authors.affiliation: College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhenbo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Shirtliff
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial