Description of an original integron encompassing blaVIM-2, qnrVC1 and genes encoding bacterial group II intron proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Zendy

Pierre-Thomas Belotti | Zendy; Lamia Thabet | Zendy; Andréina Laffargue | Zendy; Catherine André | Zendy; L. Coulange-Mayonnove | Zendy; Corinne Arpin | Zendy; A A Messadi | Zendy; Fatima M’Zali | Zendy; Claudine Quentin | Zendy; Véronique Dubois | Zendy

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Description of an original integron encompassing blaVIM-2, qnrVC1 and genes encoding bacterial group II intron proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Author(s) -

Pierre-Thomas Belotti,

Lamia Thabet,

Andréina Laffargue,

Catherine André,

L. Coulange-Mayonnove,

Corinne Arpin,

A A Messadi,

Fatima M’Zali,

Claudine Quentin,

Véronique Dubois

Publication year - 2015

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/dkv103

Subject(s) - integron , biology , imipenem , gene cassette , pseudomonas aeruginosa , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , plasmid , gene , escherichia coli , bacteria

A burn unit of a hospital in Tunis underwent an endemic situation caused by imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. For nine non-repetitive isolates of a clonal VIM-2-producing strain, the blaVIM-2 genetic background was characterized and the associated qnrVC1 gene molecularly analysed.

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