Production of a TEM-24 plasmid-mediated extended-spectrum beta-lactamase by a clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2000 Jan;44(1):213-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.44.1.213-216.2000.

Abstract

Several Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, including one urinary isolate producing an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase TEM-24, were isolated from a long-term-hospitalized woman. Three TEM-24-producing enterobacterial species (Enterobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli, and Proteus mirabilis) were isolated from the same patient. TEM-24 and the resistance markers for aminoglycosides, chloramphenicol, and sulfonamide were encoded by a 180-kb plasmid transferred by conjugation into E. coli HB101.

MeSH terms

  • Conjugation, Genetic
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Plasmids*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis
  • beta-Lactamases / chemistry
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases