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Imipenem-resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans carrying bla VIM-2-containing class 1 integron

  • Kyeong Seob Shin
  • , Kyudong Han
  • , Jungnam Lee
  • , Seung Bok Hong
  • , Bo Ra Son
  • , Sei Jin Youn
  • , Jungmin Kim
  • , Hyung Sik Shin
  • Chungbuk National University
  • Louisiana State University
  • Daejin Medical Center
  • National Medical Center

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Abstract

We characterized seven isolates of imipenem-resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans that were isolated from patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit at a tertiary hospital in Korea during 2001 to 2003. From the analysis with an isoelectric focusing, polymerase chain reaction, and sequencing methods, all isolates were found to produce VIM-2, OXA-30, and chromosomal AmpC β-lactamase with a pI of 8.4. They showed a similar antibiogram, which were resistant to all tested aminoglycosides as well as β-lactams including imipenem (16-32 mg/L) and aztreonam (128 mg/L), and a same DNA fingerprinting pattern by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, suggesting that these originated from a single clone. From the analysis of integron structure carried by an isolate of A. xylosoxidans CBU1760, blaVIM-2 was found to be part of a gene cassette carried on a class 1 integron (3.4 kb) containing three aacA4 gene cassettes. This is the first report of blaVIM-2 in A. xylosoxidans.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)215-220
Number of pages6
JournalDiagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume53
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2005

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Keywords

  • Achromobacter xylosoxidans
  • Integron
  • Metallo-β-lactamase
  • VIM-2

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