Replicon typing of plasmids encoding resistance to newer beta-lactams.

ABSTRACT: Polymerase chain reaction-based replicon typing represents a novel method to describe the dissemination and follow the evolution of resistance plasmids. We used this approach to study 26 epidemiologically unrelated Enterobacteriaceae and demonstrate the dominance of incompatibility (Inc) A/C or Inc N-related plasmids carrying some emerging resistance determinants to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and carbapenems.

SUBMITTER: Carattoli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3291055 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature