ISCR2, another vehicle for bla(VEB) gene acquisition

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Nov;53(11):4940-3. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00414-09. Epub 2009 Aug 24.

Abstract

The expanded-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) gene bla(VEB-1), identified worldwide in Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is associated with either class 1 integrons or repeated elements. We report here the first association of bla(VEB-1a) with the insertion sequence ISCR2 in six Acinetobacter species isolates recovered from Argentina. That genetic structure was likely at the origin of the mobilization of this ESBL gene.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / enzymology
  • Acinetobacter / genetics*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Transposable Elements*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • beta-Lactamases / chemistry
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • beta-lactamase VEB-1, E coli
  • beta-Lactamases