Genetic characterization and emergence of the metallo-β-lactamase GIM-1 in Pseudomonas spp. and Enterobacteriaceae during a long-term outbreak

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Oct;57(10):5162-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00118-13. Epub 2013 Jul 22.

Abstract

Since the first isolation in 2002, the metallo-β-lactamase GIM-1 has not been detected outside Germany. The data presented here, for 50 clinical blaGIM-1-positive isolates, including Pseudomonas spp. and Enterobacteriaceae (Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Serratia marcescens, Escherichia coli, and Citrobacter freundii), collected between 2007 and 2012 at the original site in an ongoing outbreak, demonstrate a diverse genetic background and dissemination of the gene conferring resistance to enteric bacteria.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics*
  • Integrons / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pseudomonas / enzymology*
  • Pseudomonas / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JX566704
  • GENBANK/JX566715