Characterization of pFOX-7a, a conjugative IncL/M plasmid encoding the FOX-7 AmpC-type β-lactamase, involved in a large outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2620-2624

  di Pilato, Vincenzo ^a   Arena, Fabio ^a   Giani, Tommaso ^a   Conte, Viola ^a   Cresti, Stefania ^a   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Class C lactamases; FOX type lactamase; Gram negative; Transposons

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; AMPC BETA-LACTAMASES; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; TRANSPOSON;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BLA FOX 7 GENE; CLONE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METAGENOME; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PFOX 7A GENE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84929124675     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku216     Document Type: Article

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