IMP-1 encoded by a novel Tn402-like class 1 integron in clinical Achromobacter xylosoxidans, China

Sci Rep. 2014 Nov 27:4:7212. doi: 10.1038/srep07212.

Abstract

Achromobacter xylosoxidans strain A22732 is isolated from a pneumonia patient in China and produces carbapenemases OXA-114e and IMP-1, which are encoded by chromosome and plasmid, respectively, and confer resistance to multiple ß-lactam antibiotics including carbapenems. The blaIMP-1 gene together with aacA7 and orfE is captured by a novel Tn402-like class 1 integron in a conjugative IncP-1ß plasmid. In addition to the intrinsic integron promoter PcW, there is still a blaIMP-1 gene cassette-specific promoter. This is the first report of carbapenemase-encoding IncP-1ß plasmid in clinical bacterial isolate.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Achromobacter denitrificans / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Carbapenems / metabolism
  • China
  • Chromosomes / genetics
  • DNA Transposable Elements / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
  • Integrons / genetics*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Carbapenems
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • beta-lactamase IMP-1
  • beta-Lactamases
  • carbapenemase