Bla(IMP-9) and its association with large plasmids carried by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the People's Republic of China.

ABSTRACT: A novel plasmid-mediated metallo-beta-lactamase (IMP-9) is described in seven isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Guangzhou, China, isolated in 2000. The gene was carried on a large (approximately 450-kb) IncP-2 conjugative plasmid. This is the first report of carriage of bla(IMP) genes on such large plasmids.

SUBMITTER: Xiong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1346779 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature