Accumulation of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in a single patient linked to the acquisition of multiple carbapenemase producers and to the in vivo transfer of a plasmid encoding VIM-1

MeSH terms

• Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis*
• Bacterial Proteins / genetics
• DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
• DNA, Bacterial / genetics
• Gene Transfer, Horizontal*
• Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects
• Gram-Negative Bacteria / enzymology*
• Gram-Negative Bacteria / genetics
• Gram-Negative Bacteria / isolation & purification
• Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Plasmids*
• Sequence Analysis, DNA
• beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis*
• beta-Lactamases / genetics