Characterization of a new blaOXA-48-carrying plasmid in Enterobacteriaceae

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Aug;57(8):4064-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02550-12. Epub 2013 Jun 3.

Abstract

In this work, we characterized a new, 160-kb, blaOXA-48-harboring IncL/M-type plasmid isolated from a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain from France. Moreover, we report the transfer of a 60-kb OXA-48-encoding plasmid from Klebsiella pneumoniae to other Enterobacteriaceae in two patients.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Base Sequence
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Feces / microbiology
  • France
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Plasmids / isolation & purification
  • Plasmids / metabolism*
  • Transformation, Bacterial*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / isolation & purification
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactamases
  • oxacillinase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KC757416
  • GENBANK/KC757417