Detection and typing of integrons in epidemic strains of Acinetobacter baumannii found in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT: Integrons were sought in Acinetobacter isolates from hospitals in the United Kingdom by integrase gene PCR. Isolates were compared by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and most belonged to a small number of outbreak strains or clones of A. baumannii, which are highly successful in the United Kingdom. Class 1 integrons were found in all of the outbreak isolates but in none of the sporadic isolates. No class 2 integrons were found. Three integrons were identified among the main outbreak strains and clones. While a particular integron was usually associated with a strain or clone, some members carried a different integron. Some integrons were associated with more than one strain. The cassette arrays of two of the integrons were very similar, both containing gene aacC1, which confers resistanc

SUBMITTER: Turton JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1169174 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature