title: Frequency of plasmid-mediated AmpC in Enterobacteriaceae isolated in a Brazilian Teaching Hospital.
abstract: In Brazil, the presence of plasmid-mediated AmpC (pAmpC)-producing isolates has been sporadically reported. We evaluated the frequency of pAmpC among 133 Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. The bla CMY-2-like gene was detected in a single Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate. In our study, the pAmpC frequency was very low as previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório ALERTA, Disciplina de Infectologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eloiza H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Campana
authors.forename: Paula P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Lorena C C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Fehlberg
authors.forename: Ana C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gales
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001938:Brazil; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010957:Plasmids / Q000032:analysis*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C048795:AmpC beta-lactamases; D001618:beta-Lactamases
keywords: Brazil; beta-lactamases; beta-lactams; plasmids