Prevalence and characterization of class I integrons among Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from patients in Nanjing, China

Bing Gu; Mingqing Tong; Wenjun Zhao; Genyan Liu; Mingzhe Ning; Shiyang Pan; Wangsheng Zhao

doi:10.1128/JCM.01318-06

Prevalence and characterization of class I integrons among Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from patients in Nanjing, China

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jan;45(1):241-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01318-06. Epub 2006 Nov 22.

Authors

Bing Gu¹, Mingqing Tong, Wenjun Zhao, Genyan Liu, Mingzhe Ning, Shiyang Pan, Wangsheng Zhao

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Laboratories, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.

Abstract

Class I integrons were detected in 40.8% (40/98) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains and 52.8% (56/106) of Acinetobacter baumannii strains in the Nanjing area of China, including several cassette arrays not previously reported.

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology*
Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
China / epidemiology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Humans
Integrons / genetics*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Sequence Data
Prevalence
Pseudomonas Infections / epidemiology*
Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics*
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins

Associated data

GENBANK/DQ091179
GENBANK/DQ092497
GENBANK/DQ141316
GENBANK/DQ288250
GENBANK/DQ288251