| Literature DB >> 21844315 |
Gaelle Cuzon1, Thierry Naas, Maria-Virginia Villegas, Adriana Correa, John P Quinn, Patrice Nordmann.
Abstract
Ten bla(KPC-2)-harboring Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from hospitals located in five different Colombian cities have been characterized. Isolates were multidrug resistant, belonged to five different pulsotypes, and possessed naturally chromosome-encoded bla(AmpC) and bla(OXA-50) genes and the acquired bla(KPC-2) gene. In most cases, the bla(KPC-2) genes were carried by plasmids of different sizes and were associated with Tn4401b or a new structure containing only part of the Tn4401 sequence. This study revealed that several clones of P. aeruginosa producing bla(KPC-2) are disseminating in Colombia.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21844315 PMCID: PMC3195029 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00297-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191