RRC ID 12023
著者 Teo JW, Ng KY, Lin RT.
タイトル Detection and genetic characterisation of qnrB in hospital isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Singapore.
ジャーナル Int J Antimicrob Agents
Abstract Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening of 116 ciprofloxacin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae hospital isolates for the presence of qnr genes that mediate plasmid quinolone resistance revealed that none were positive for qnrA or qnrS. However, qnrB was detected in ca. 5.2% of the isolates. Southern hybridisation demonstrated that the qnrB-hybridising plasmids were large (>70kb) and capable of transferring quinolone resistance by conjugation. Sequence analysis of the qnrB genes detected in this study showed that they were identical to previously identified qnrB1, qnrB4 and qnrB6 genes, although a novel variant designated qnrB20 was also identified. Analysis of the genetic environment around the cloned qnrB genes showed that they were present in diverse plasmid backbones, sometimes within novel genetic contexts, but always associated with mobile or transposable elements.
巻・号 33(2)
ページ 177-80
公開日 2009-2-1
DOI 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.08.019
PII S0924-8579(08)00405-6
PMID 18993034
MeSH Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology* Bacterial Proteins / genetics* Blotting, Southern Conjugation, Genetic DNA, Bacterial / chemistry DNA, Bacterial / genetics Drug Resistance, Bacterial* Gene Transfer, Horizontal Hospitals Humans Interspersed Repetitive Sequences Klebsiella Infections / microbiology* Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects* Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification Molecular Sequence Data Plasmids Polymerase Chain Reaction Quinolones / pharmacology* Sequence Analysis, DNA Singapore
IF 4.621
引用数 18
WOS 分野 PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY INFECTIOUS DISEASES MICROBIOLOGY
リソース情報
遺伝子材料 pBC-H2.6 (RDB05463)