A clinical isolate of Bacteroides fragilis from Hungary with high-level resistance to imipenem [1]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-

  Soki J ^a   Edwards, R ^a   Urban E ^a   Fodor, E ^a   Nagy, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APPENDIX; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUNGARY; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; HUNGARY; IMIPENEM; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 0035164918     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Prevalence and degree of expression of the carbapenemase gene (cfiA) among clinical isolates of Bacteroides fragilis in Nottingham, UK
2. Genotypic identification of two groups within the species Bacteroides fragilis by ribotyping and by analysis of PCR-generated fragment patterns and insertion sequence content
3. Prevalence of the carbapenemase gene (cfiA) among clinical and normal flora isolates of Bacteroides species in Hungary
4. Insertion of a novel DNA sequence, IS1186, upstream of the silent carbapenemase gene cfiA, promotes expression of carbapenem resistance in clinical isolates of Bacteroides fragilis
5. Identification and DNA sequence of a new Bacteroides fragilis insertion sequence-like element
6. Sequencing the gene for an imipenem-cefoxitin-hydrolyzing enzyme (cfiA) from Bacteroides fragilis TAL2480 reveals strong similarity between CfiA and Bacillus cereus β-lactamase II