Ciliates promote the transfer of a plasmid encoding bla_NDM-5 from Escherichia coli, isolated from a hospital in Japan, to other human pathogens

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2017 Mar;49(3):387-388. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.01.003. Epub 2017 Feb 3.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo, Japan.
² Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
³ Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo, Japan. Electronic address: hiroyuki@med.hokudai.ac.jp.

PMID: 28167346
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.01.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Escherichia coli / genetics*
Gene Transfer, Horizontal*
Humans
Plasmids*
Tetrahymena / genetics*
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

beta lactamase NDM-5, E coli
beta-Lactamases