A novel gene cassette, aacA43, in a plasmid-borne class 1 integron

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jun;55(6):2979-82. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01582-10. Epub 2011 Mar 21.

Abstract

A novel gene cassette, aacA43, was identified in the aadB-aacA43-oxa10-smr2 cassette array in a class 1 integron. Like related aminoglycoside-(6')-acetyltransferases, AacA43 confers clinically relevant resistance to kanamycin, tobramycin, and some less-used aminoglycosides but not to gentamicin. Although transferable on an IncL/M plasmid, aacA43 was identified in only two different Klebsiella pneumoniae strains (14 isolates), one Escherichia coli strain (2 isolates), and one Enterobacter cloacae strain in a survey of patients in a Sydney intensive care unit in 2004-2005.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetyltransferases / genetics*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Enterobacter cloacae / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Humans
  • Integrons*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Acetyltransferases