New variant of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, CTX-M-71, with a Gly238Cys substitution in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Bulgaria.

ABSTRACT: A single Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated in a Bulgarian hospital was found to produce CTX-M-71, a new CTX-M variant characterized by one amino acid substitution from glycine to cysteine at position 238 in comparison to CTX-M-15. This exchange decreased the hydrolytic activity of the beta-lactamase for cefotaxime, ceftazidime, and cefepime.

SUBMITTER: Schneider I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2764165 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature