TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissemination of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes to unusual hosts
AU - Mugnaioli, Claudia
AU - Luzzaro, Francesco
AU - De Luca, Filomena
AU - Brigante, Gioconda
AU - Amicosante, Gianfranco
AU - Rossolini, Gian Maria
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - A Citrobacter amalonaticus and a Morganella morganii producing the CTX-M-1 extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) were isolated from an area where this enzyme is now widespread in Escherichia coli. This is the first report of CTX-M-1 in the former species. In both cases the ESBL determinant was possibly acquired by these unusual hosts in vivo, after coinfection with E. coli strains carrying conjugative plasmids encoding CTX-M-1.
AB - A Citrobacter amalonaticus and a Morganella morganii producing the CTX-M-1 extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) were isolated from an area where this enzyme is now widespread in Escherichia coli. This is the first report of CTX-M-1 in the former species. In both cases the ESBL determinant was possibly acquired by these unusual hosts in vivo, after coinfection with E. coli strains carrying conjugative plasmids encoding CTX-M-1.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4183-4185.2005
DO - 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4183-4185.2005
M3 - Article
C2 - 16081971
AN - SCOPUS:23744512963
VL - 43
SP - 4183
EP - 4185
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
SN - 0095-1137
IS - 8
ER -