CTX-M-10 linked to a phage-related element is widely disseminated among Enterobacteriaceae in a Spanish hospital.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2005/4;49(4):1567-71.
Oliver A[1], Coque TM, Alonso D, Valverde A, Baquero F, Cantón R
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Abstract
CTX-M-10 has been widely disseminated among multiple clones of several species of Enterobacteriaceae, harboring seemingly different plasmids, for over a decade in Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Cloning and sequencing of a 12.2-kb DNA fragment from plasmid pRYCE21 from Klebsiella pneumoniae strain KP4aC revealed a novel phage-related element immediately upstream of bla(CTX-M-10) conserved among different CTX-M-10-producing strains. This is the first report showing an extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase gene linked to a phage-related element.
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence; Bacteriophages; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; Hospitals; Humans; Klebsiella Infections; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Molecular Sequence Data; Plasmids; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Spain; beta-Lactamases
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