bla(IMP-9) and its association with large plasmids carried by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the People's Republic of China

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Jan;50(1):355-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.50.1.355-358.2006.

Abstract

A novel plasmid-mediated metallo-beta-lactamase (IMP-9) is described in seven isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Guangzhou, China, isolated in 2000. The gene was carried on a large (approximately 450-kb) IncP-2 conjugative plasmid. This is the first report of carriage of bla(IMP) genes on such large plasmids.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Conjugation, Genetic
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / enzymology*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases