Spread of plasmids containing the blaVIM-1 and blaCTX-M genes and the qnr determinant in Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca isolates
Author(s) -
Elisenda Miró,
C Segura,
Ferrán Navarro,
Luisa Sorlí,
Pere Coll,
Juan Pablo Horcajada,
Francisco Álvarez-Lerma,
M. Salvadó
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkp504
Subject(s) - klebsiella oxytoca , enterobacter cloacae , klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , klebsiella , plasmid , enterobacteriaceae , gene , genetics , escherichia coli
We describe 12 VIM-1-producing strains (7 Enterobacter cloacae, 2 Klebsiella pneumoniae and 3 clonal Klebsiella oxytoca strains) detected among clinically relevant Enterobacteriaceae isolates from routine cultures at the Hospital del Mar (Barcelona, Spain) from December 2006 to May 2007.
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