Open AccessEmergence of VIM-12 in Enterobacter cloacae
Author(s) -
Maria Panopoulou,
E. Alepopoulou,
Alexandros Ikonomidis,
Anastasia Grapsa,
Eleni Paspalidou,
Sofia Kartali-Ktenidou
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00843-10
Subject(s) - integron , enterobacter cloacae , aztreonam , microbiology and biotechnology , plasmid , biology , enterobacter , enterobacteriaceae infections , enterobacteriaceae , gene , antibiotics , genetics , antibiotic resistance , escherichia coli , imipenem
Detection of the bla(VIM-12) gene within the originally described Inh12 integron in a clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae is reported for the first time worldwide. Integron Inh12 was carried on a conjugative plasmid of approximately 85 kb which also conferred resistance to aztreonam, likely due to AmpC production.
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