title: A novel complex class 1 integron found in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Portugal.
abstract: Klebsiella pneumoniae Kp1 carrying a novel complex class 1 integron was isolated from an inanimate surface of a female ward sanitary facility in the Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Aveiro, central Portugal. The integron consists of two variable regions (VRs); VR1 was previously described in Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae, and VR2 contains an In37-like structure and is located downstream of an ISCR1 element. The integron was found on a plasmid of 225 kb. The qnrB10 gene, although present, is not associated with the complex class 1 integron.
authors: CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Santos
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Caetano
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ferreira
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Ramalheira
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Mendo
mesh_terms: D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010957:Plasmids; D011174:Portugal; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000235:genetics