Complete nucleotide sequence of the IncN plasmid pKOX105 encoding VIM-1, QnrS1 and SHV-12 proteins in Enterobacteriaceae from Bolzano, Italy compared with IncN plasmids encoding KPC enzymes in the USA

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2070-2075

  Carattoli, Alessandra ^a   Aschbacher, Richard ^b   March, Albert ^c   Larcher, Clara ^b   Livermore, David M ^d   Woodford, Neil ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige   (Italy)

^c Reparto di Geriatria   (Italy)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incompatibility groups; Metallo lactamases; Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance; Plasmids; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE SHV 12; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; QNRS1 PROTEIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIM 1 PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST RANGE; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PKOX105 PLASMID; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CHROMOSOME WALKING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG-TERM CARE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957224269     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq269     Document Type: Article

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