Identification and characterization of a novel aac(6')-Iag associated with the blaIMP-1-integron in a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

In a continuing study from Dec 2006 to Apr 2008, we characterized nine multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from four patients in a ward at the Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of SpeI-digested genomic DNAs from the isolates suggested the...

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Main Authors: Kanao Kobayashi, Ikue Hayashi, Syuntaro Kouda, Fuminori Kato, Tamaki Fujiwara, Shizuo Kayama, Hideki Hirakawa, Hideyuki Itaha, Hiroki Ohge, Naomasa Gotoh, Tsuguru Usui, Akio Matsubara, Motoyuki Sugai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3741272?pdf=render