| Title | Multidrug-Resistant Providencia Isolates Carrying blaPER-1, blaVIM-2, and armA |
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| Author | Hee-Woo Lee1, Hee-Young Kang1, Kyeong-Seob Shin2, and Jungmin Kim1* |
| Address | 1Department of Microbiology, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Daegu 700-422, Republic of Korea, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 45(3),272-274, 2007, |
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| Key Words | Providencia, metallo-β-lactamase, extended-spectrum β-lactamase, 16S rRNA methylase |
| Abstract | During May to July 2004, three strains of Providencia spp. with multidrug-resistance (MDR) were isolated from urinary specimen of three patients hospitalized with a same hospital room. By PCR analysis, all three strains have been found to carry both VIM-2 type metallo-β-lactamase gene and PER-1 type extendedspectrum β-lactamase gene. One out of three strains carried additional resistance gene, armA, 16S rRNA methylase gene responsible for high level resistance to aminoglycosides. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the identification of Providencia spp. simultaneously carrying blaVIM-2, blaPER-1, and armA genes. |
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