Spread of Enterobacteriaceae carrying the PER-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene as a chromosomal insert: a report from Italy

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Feb;59(2):323-4. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkl487. Epub 2007 Jan 4.

Authors

Mariagrazia Perilli, Francesca De Santis, Claudia Mugnaioli, Gian Maria Rossolini, Francesco Luzzaro, Stefania Stefani, Maria Lina Mezzatesta, Antonio Toniolo, Gianfranco Amicosante

PMID: 17204508
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl487

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Chromosomes, Bacterial / genetics*
Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / microbiology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
Genes, Bacterial*
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Translocation, Genetic
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
beta-lactamase PER-1
beta-Lactamases