| Literature DB >> 10428940 |
H Marchandin1, C Carriere, D Sirot, H J Pierre, H Darbas.
Abstract
Four species of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae harboring extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) were recovered in a single patient hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Among these isolates, we describe for the first time an ESBL-producing Providencia rettgeri strain. Bacteria from the same species were shown to be genetically related by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis. These strains produced the same TEM derivative ESBL, characterized as TEM-24. This enzyme had the peculiarity of being encoded by a large conjugative plasmid of 180 kb, never previously described for such an ESBL.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10428940 PMCID: PMC89418
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191