Nationwide survey of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Slovenian hospitals

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jan;53(1):287-91. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00746-08. Epub 2008 Nov 10.

Abstract

Among 177 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates collected from 11 Slovenian hospitals in 2005 and 2006, 60 (34%), from eight hospitals, harbored genes for CTX-M enzymes, with bla(CTX-M-15) detected by sequencing. These 60 isolates comprised 11 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-defined strains, with several clusters of closely related isolates. Plasmids encoding CTX-M-15 enzyme were highly transmissible.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Genes, Bacterial / genetics
  • Genes, Bacterial / physiology
  • Hospitals
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Slowenien
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactamases