Novel plasmid-encoded class C beta-lactamase (MOX-2) in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Greece

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Jul;46(7):2262-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.7.2262-2265.2002.

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae KOL, a clinical strain resistant to various beta-lactams, was isolated from the stools of a patient from Greece. This strain harbored a new pI 9.1 plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase with unusually high levels of hydrolytic activity for cefoxitin and cefotetan that we named MOX-2. Sequencing of bla(MOX-2) revealed 93.2, 92.9, 92.7, and 73.1% identities with the deduced amino acid sequences of CMY-8, MOX-1, CMY-1, and the AmpC beta-lactamase of Aeromonas sobria, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Proteins*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids*
  • beta-Lactamases / chemistry
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • AmpC beta-lactamases
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AJ276453