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Title: | rmtD2, a new allele of a 16S rRNA methylase gene, has been present in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Argentina for more than a decade | Authors: | Tijet, Nathalie Andres, Patricia Chung, Catherine Lucero, Celeste Red de Vigilancia de la Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos. WHONET- Argentina Low, Donald E. Galas, Marcelo F. Corso, Alejandra Petroni, Alejandro Melano, Roberto |
Keywords: | Enterobacteriaceae;Infecciones por Enterobacteriaceae;Metiltransferasas;ARN Ribosómico 16S;Análisis de Secuencia de ADN;Factores de Tiempo;Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana;Plásmidos;Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana;Conjugación Genética;Argentina | Issue Date: | Feb-2011 | Publisher: | American Society for Microbiology | Journal: | Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy | Abstract: | The first allele of a 16S rRNA methyltransferase gene, rmtD2, conferring very high resistance to all clinically available aminoglycosides, was detected in 7/1,064 enterobacteria collected in 2007. rmtD2 was located on a conjugative plasmid in a Tn2670-like element inside a structure similar to that of rmtD1 but probably having an independent assembly. rmtD2 has been found since 1996 to 1998 mainly in Enterobacter and Citrobacter isolates, suggesting a possible reservoir in these genera. This presumption deserves monitoring by continuous surveillance. |
Description: | Fil: Tijet, Nathalie. Public Health Laboratories. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Canadá. Fil: Andres, Patricia. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Chung, Catherine. Public Health Laboratories. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Canadá. Fil: Lucero, Celeste. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Grupo WHONET; Argentina. Fil: Low, Donald E. Public Health Laboratories. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Canadá. Fil: Galas, Marcelo F. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Corso, Alejandra. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Petroni, Alejandro. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Servicio Antimicrobianos; Argentina. Fil: Melano, Roberto. Public Health Laboratories. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Canadá. |
URI: | http://aac.asm.org/content/55/2/904.full.pdf+html http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/219 |
ISSN: | 1098-6596 | Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Open Access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License |
Appears in Collections: | snrd Publicaciones INEI |
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