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Identification of plasmids by PCR-based replicon typingAlessandra Carattoli
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
J Microbiol Methods 63:219-28. 2005..These results suggest that the method is potentially applicable to a large number of strains to trace the diffusion of specific multi-drug resistance plasmids in different environments...
Plasmids in Gram negatives: molecular typing of resistance plasmidsAlessandra Carattoli
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Int J Med Microbiol 301:654-8. 2011..The recognition of successful plasmids is an essential first step to design intervention strategies preventing their spread...
Genotyping of Bacillus anthracis strains based on automated capillary 25-loci multiple locus variable-number tandem repeats analysisFlorigio Lista
Army Medical Research Center, Via Santo Stefano Rotondo 4 00184 Rome Italy
BMC Microbiol 6:33. 2006..However in an emergency situation, faster genotyping and access to representative databases is necessary...- In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparators against carbapenem-susceptible and resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in ItalyMaria Lina Mezzatesta
Department of Microbiological and Gynaecological Sciences, University of Catania, Italy
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 7:4. 2008..One hundred and seven clinically significant strains of A. baumannii isolates were included in this study to determine the in vitro activity of tigecycline and comparator agents... - Importance of integrons in the diffusion of resistanceA Carattoli
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Vet Res 32:243-59. 2001.... - Use of a LightCycler gyrA mutation assay for identification of ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter coliAlessandra Carattoli
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
FEMS Microbiol Lett 214:87-93. 2002..This gyrA mutation assay allows a rapid and reproducible screening method of ciprofloxacin-resistant C. coli strains... - Plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella entericaAlessandra Carattoli
Lab Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Curr Issues Mol Biol 5:113-22. 2003..The evolution of a plasmid through the acquisition of integrons is reported, describing novel mechanisms for short-term accumulation of resistance determinants in plasmids circulating in Salmonella... - Animal reservoirs for extended spectrum beta-lactamase producersA Carattoli
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Clin Microbiol Infect 14:117-23. 2008..The increasing occurrence of ESBL producers in animals is highlighted and discussed in this review with respect to the circulation of these resistance traits also among human pathogens... - Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases isolated in Rome, ItalyAlessandra Carattoli
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
J Clin Microbiol 46:103-8. 2008..coli species. The analysis of related bacteria suggests a probable interpatient transmission occurring in several wards, causing small outbreaks... - Complete nucleotide sequence of the IncN plasmid pKOX105 encoding VIM-1, QnrS1 and SHV-12 proteins in Enterobacteriaceae from Bolzano, Italy compared with IncN plasmids encoding KPC enzymes in the USAAlessandra Carattoli
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 65:2070-5. 2010..We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of pKOX105, a 54 641 bp plasmid from a Klebsiella oxytoca strain that was isolated from a resident of a long-term-care facility in Bolzano, Italy... - Antibiotic resistance genes and Salmonella genomic island 1 in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolated in ItalyAlessandra Carattoli
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46:2821-8. 2002..The presence of SGI1 was also observed in serovar Typhimurium strains belonging to other phage types, suggesting either the potential mobility of this genomic island or changes in the phage-related phenotype of DT104 strains... - Expanding drug resistance through integron acquisition by IncFI plasmids of Salmonella enterica TyphimuriumA Carattoli
Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Emerg Infect Dis 7:444-7. 2001..Molecular and genetic evidence indicates that IncFI plasmids are evolving through sequential acquisition of integrons carrying different arrays of antibiotic- resistance genes... - Cytotoxin-associated gene A and vacuolating cytotoxin A in human isolates of Helicobacter pylori and their association with the clinical status of ulcer diseaseA Carattoli
Laboratorio di Batteriologia e Micologia Medica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 12:1207-13. 2000..The aim of this study was to evaluate whether different Helicobacter pylori genotypes are associated with different clinical stages of peptic ulcer disease (PUD)... - Replicon typing of plasmids encoding resistance to newer beta-lactamsAlessandra Carattoli
Department of Infectious, Parasituc, Immune Mediated diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1145-8. 2006.... - Multilocus sequence typing of IncI1 plasmids carrying extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli and Salmonella of human and animal originAurora García-Fernández
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 61:1229-33. 2008..Plasmid multilocus sequence typing (pMLST) was developed to discern naturally occurring IncI1 plasmids in homogeneous groups according to their allele assortment... - Outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii producing the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-58 in Rome, ItalyAlessandra Giordano
Department of Science and Public Health, Microbiology Unit, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Microb Drug Resist 13:37-43. 2007..All the carbapenem resistant strains analyzed in this study carried the bla (OXA-58) gene located on plasmids... - Characterization of plasmids harbouring qnrS1, qnrB2 and qnrB19 genes in SalmonellaAurora García-Fernández
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 63:274-81. 2009..The identification of plasmids may help to follow the dissemination of these resistance genes in different countries and environments... - First report of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinant qnrS1 in an Escherichia coli strain of animal origin in ItalyMarina Cerquetti
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53:3112-4. 2009..These elements suggest genetic exchanges among Salmonella and E. coli and a potential animal reservoir for the qnr genes... - Tetracycline and streptomycin resistance genes, transposons, and plasmids in Salmonella enterica isolates from animals in ItalyCristina Pezzella
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanit, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:903-8. 2004..Most of the tet(A) genes were localized within a deleted Tn1721 transposon variant. Two prevalent repN and repI1 resistance plasmids were identified in Salmonella isolates of our collection... - Multicopy blaOXA-58 gene as a source of high-level resistance to carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumanniiAlessia Bertini
Department of Infectious, Parasitic, Immune Mediated diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:2324-8. 2007.... - Multilocus sequence typing of IncN plasmidsAurora García-Fernández
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 66:1987-91. 2011..A plasmid multilocus sequence typing (pMLST) scheme was developed for rapid categorization of IncN plasmids... - Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 producing KPC-3 identified in italy carries novel plasmids and OmpK36/OmpK35 porin variantsAurora García-Fernández
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 56:2143-5. 2012.... - Plasmid double locus sequence typing for IncHI2 plasmids, a subtyping scheme for the characterization of IncHI2 plasmids carrying extended-spectrum beta-lactamase and quinolone resistance genesAurora García-Fernández
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 65:1155-61. 2010..We analysed the available IncHI2 whole DNA plasmid sequences to devise a rapid typing scheme to categorize the members of this plasmid family into homogeneous groups... - Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance and β-lactamases in Escherichia coli from healthy animals from NigeriaDaniela Fortini
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 66:1269-72. 2011.... - Integrons and transposons on the Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium virulence plasmidLaura Villa
Department of Infectious, Parasitic, and Immuno mediated Disease, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 49:1194-7. 2005..A novel trimethoprim resistance gene, designated dfrA23, was also identified within the integron region. The association of multidrug resistance and virulence determinants represents an interesting example of virulence plasmid evolution... - Detection of resistance to rifampicin and decreased susceptibility to penicillin in Neisseria meningitidis by real-time multiplex polymerase chain reaction assayPaola Stefanelli
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, 00161 Rome, Italy
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 58:241-4. 2007..The method was applied to N. meningitidis strains and to culture-negative cerebrospinal fluids (CSFs) from patients with meningococcal invasive disease. A spiked CSF was used to determine the sensitivity of the assay... - Complete sequencing of an IncH plasmid carrying the blaNDM-1, blaCTX-M-15 and qnrB1 genesLaura Villa
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 67:1645-50. 2012.... - Detection of gyrA and gyrB mutations in Clostridium difficile isolates by real-time PCRPatrizia Spigaglia
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Mol Cell Probes 24:61-7. 2010..The results obtained indicate that this real-time PCR assay is a rapid, reproducible and accurate screening method of the predominant mutations determining FQ-resistance in C. difficile strains... - Multidrug and broad-spectrum cephalosporin resistance among Salmonella enterica serotype enteritidis clinical isolates in southern ItalyLaura Villa
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Clin Microbiol 40:2662-5. 2002..Five isolates produced SHV-12, and one isolate encoded a class C beta-lactamase. The bla(SHV-12) gene was located in at least two different self-transferable plasmids, one of which also carried a novel class 1 integron... - Characterization and PCR-based replicon typing of resistance plasmids in Acinetobacter baumanniiAlessia Bertini
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54:4168-77. 2010..We showed that this conjugative plasmid type was widely diffused in our collection, likely representing the most important vehicle promoting the horizontal transmission of A. baumannii resistance plasmids... - Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli isolated from dogs and cats in Rome, Italy, from 2001 to 2003Alessandra Carattoli
Istituto Superiore di Sanit, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 49:833-5. 2005..coli from sick and healthy dogs and cats. Molecular characterization suggests the presence of several combinations of beta-lactamase genes in E. coli from companion animals... - Replicon sequence typing of IncF plasmids carrying virulence and resistance determinantsLaura Villa
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 65:2518-29. 2010..We devised a rapid sequence-based typing scheme to categorize the members of this plasmid family into homogeneous groups... - The genomics of Acinetobacter baumannii: insights into genome plasticity, antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicityFrancesco Imperi
Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
IUBMB Life 63:1068-74. 2011..A. baumannii has a high capacity to acquire new genetic determinants and displays an open pan genome; this feature may have played a crucial role in the evolution of this human opportunistic pathogen towards clinical success... - Detection and characterization of class 1 integrons in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coliStefano Morabito
Laboratorio di Medicina Veterinaria, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Microb Drug Resist 8:85-91. 2002..coli K-12 strain. In conclusion, integrons and antibiotic resistance genes can be frequently found in EHEC strains, particularly E. coli O111 and E. coli O26, and their presence could complicate therapeutic trials... - An ertapenem-resistant extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone carries a novel OmpK36 porin variantAurora García-Fernández
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54:4178-84. 2010..pneumoniae isolates derived from patients from 2006 to 2009 demonstrated the high frequency of this gene variant as well as its association with ertapenem resistance, reduced susceptibility to meropenem, and susceptibility to imipenem... - Identification of ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter jejuni and analysis of the gyrA gene by the LightCycler mutation assayAnna Maria Dionisi
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanit, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Mol Cell Probes 18:255-61. 2004..This gyrA mutation assay allows a rapid and reproducible screening method of ciprofloxacin resistant strains and was applied to C. jejuni strains isolated in Italy in 2000... - Evolution of IncA/C blaCMY-₂-carrying plasmids by acquisition of the blaNDM-₁ carbapenemase geneAlessandra Carattoli
Department of Infectious, Parasitic, and Immuno Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 56:783-6. 2012..Considering that IncA/C plasmids possess a broad host range, this scaffold might support a large-scale diffusion of the bla(NDM-1) gene among Gram-negative rods... - Generation of human antibody fragments recognizing distinct epitopes of the nucleocapsid (N) SARS-CoV protein using a phage display approachMichela Flego
Department of Drug Research and Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
BMC Infect Dis 5:73. 2005.... - Optimization of high-resolution melting analysis for low-cost and rapid screening of allelic variants of Bacillus anthracis by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysisDaniela Fortini
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Clin Chem 53:1377-80. 2007..Although the method has great differentiating power and reproducibility, faster genotyping at low cost may be requested to accurately identify B. anthracis strains in the field... - Comparative analysis of IncHI2 plasmids carrying blaCTX-M-2 or blaCTX-M-9 from Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica strains isolated from poultry and humansAurora García Fernández
Department of Infectious, Parasitic, Immune Mediated diseases, Instituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:4177-80. 2007.... - Molecular genotyping of Salmonella enterica Abortusovis by pulsed field gel electrophoresisAnna Maria Dionisi
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, I 00161 Rome, Italy
Vet Microbiol 116:217-23. 2006..In particular, this method could be used to identify the origin of infection during outbreaks within a single flock or in different herds... - Deciphering the multifactorial nature of Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenicityLuísa C S Antunes
Department of Biology, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
PLoS ONE 6:e22674. 2011..Many studies have focused on the epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of A. baumannii, but little is currently known with respect to its virulence potential... - Complete sequence of the IncT-type plasmid pT-OXA-181 carrying the blaOXA-181 carbapenemase gene from Citrobacter freundiiLaura Villa
Department of Infectious, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 57:1965-7. 2013..6-kb ColE-type and blaOXA-181-bearing plasmid recently identified in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate. However, in both plasmids, insertion sequence ISEcp1 might have played a role in acquisition of the blaOXA-181 gene... - Composite integron array generated by insertion of an ORF341-type integron within a Tn21-like elementLaura Villa
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Microb Drug Resist 8:1-8. 2002..In-t1 insertion occurred within the 5'-conserved segment (5'-CS) proximal region of the resident In-t2... - Prediction of decreased susceptibility to penicillin of Neisseria meningitidis strains by real-time PCRPaola Stefanelli
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Clin Microbiol 41:4666-70. 2003..This real-time PCR protocol characterizes the penicillin phenotype of N. meningitidis in a few hours without DNA sequencing and is useful for rapid screening of the penicillin-intermediate genotype among meningococcal isolates... - Complete sequencing of an IncHI1 plasmid encoding the carbapenemase NDM-1, the ArmA 16S RNA methylase and a resistance-nodulation-cell division/multidrug efflux pumpMonika Dolejska
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 68:34-9. 2013..To characterize the pNDM-CIT plasmid identified in Citrobacter freundii carrying genes encoding the metallo-β-lactamase NDM-1 and the 16S RNA methylase ArmA... - Protocol for real-time PCR identification of anthrax spores from nasal swabs after broth enrichmentMarco R Oggioni
Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Laboratorio di Microbiologia Molecolare e Biotecnologia, Universita di Siena, Siena, Rome, Italy
J Clin Microbiol 40:3956-63. 2002.... - Variation in expression of HMW1 and HMW2 adhesins in invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolatesMaria Giufre
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
BMC Microbiol 8:83. 2008..Number of 7-bp repeats within the hmwA promoters and presence of HMW proteins by Western blotting were also determined... - Use of 65 kDa mannoprotein gene primers in Real Time PCR identification of Candida albicans in biological samplesSilvia Arancia
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanit, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy
Mol Cell Probes 20:263-8. 2006..Finally, the real-time PCR was employed in order to detect and quantify C. albicans in the sera from patients with invasive candidiasis... - Recombinant protein-based ELISA and immuno-cytochemical assay for the diagnosis of SARSAlessandra Carattoli
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanit, Rome, Italy
J Med Virol 76:137-42. 2005..The specificity of these sera was confirmed by an immunocytochemical assay on biochips of SARS-CoV infected and uninfected cells... - Comparison of multidrug resistance gene regions between two geographically unrelated Salmonella serotypesM Daly
Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, UK
J Antimicrob Chemother 55:558-61. 2005..serotype Typhimurium isolate, phage type DT193, isolated in Ireland and to compare them with resistance genes conferring plasmid-mediated multidrug resistance to a S. Enteritidis isolate from Italy... - Class 1 integron-borne multiple-antibiotic resistance carried by IncFI and IncL/M plasmids in Salmonella enterica serotype typhimuriumF Tosini
Laboratory of Cellular Biology, and Institute of Microbiology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 42:3053-8. 1998.... - Multiple-antibiotic resistance mediated by structurally related IncL/M plasmids carrying an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene and a class 1 integronL Villa
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 44:2911-4. 2000..3-kb bla(SHV-5)-In-t3 region of pSEM highlighted striking similarities with IncL/M plasmids isolated from nosocomial gram-negative pathogens, conferring resistance to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and aminoglycosides... - Characterization of plasmids carrying CMY-2 from expanded-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Salmonella strains isolated in the United States between 1996 and 1998A Carattoli
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, 00161 Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46:1269-72. 2002..These data suggest that the spread of cmy-2 among Salmonella strains is occurring through mobilization of the cmy-2 gene into different plasmid backbones and consequent horizontal transfer by conjugation... - Functional identification of al-3 from Neurospora crassa as the gene for geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase by complementation with crt genes, in vitro characterization of the gene product and mutant analysisG Sandmann
Lehrstuhl für Physiologie und Biochemie der Pflanzen, Universitat Konstanz, Germany
J Photochem Photobiol B 18:245-51. 1993..Cell-free studies with E. coli transformants gave direct evidence of the function of the al-3 protein as GGPP synthase and indicated that a short-chain prenylpyrophosphate, such as dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, is the genuine substrate... - Sources of diversity of carbapenem resistance levels in Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying blaVIM-1A Loli
Laboratory of Bacteriology, Institute Pasteur Hellenique, Athens, Greece
J Antimicrob Chemother 58:669-72. 2006..To elucidate the mechanisms responsible for the diversity of beta-lactam resistance phenotypes among isolates of a VIM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (VPKP) strain that is endemic in Greek hospitals... - CMY-13, a novel inducible cephalosporinase encoded by an Escherichia coli plasmidV Miriagou
Laboratory of Bacteriology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:3172-4. 2004..ampC encoded a novel cephalosporinase (CMY-13) with activity similar to that of CMY-2. AmpR was likely functional as indicated in induction experiments... - A chimeric light-regulated amino acid transport system allows the isolation of blue light regulator (blr) mutants of Neurospora crassaA Carattoli
Dipartimento di Biopatologia Umana, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92:6612-6. 1995..Mutations in the BLR strains are not allelic with white collar 1 or white collar 2, regulatory genes that are also involved in the response to blue light... - Anthrax in animals and a farmer in Alto Adige, ItalyP Kreidl
Osservatorio Epidemiologico, Alto Adige, Italy
Euro Surveill 11:E060216.3. 2006 - The Neurospora crassa carotenoid biosynthetic gene (albino 3) reveals highly conserved regions among prenyltransferasesA Carattoli
Dipartimento di Biopatologia Umana, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
J Biol Chem 266:5854-9. 1991..These homologous regions may be involved in the formation of the catalytic site of the prenyltransferases... - Prevalence of qnr genes among extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacterial isolates in Barcelona, SpainS LaVilla
Department of Microbiology, Hospital Vall d Hebron, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J Antimicrob Chemother 61:291-5. 2008..To evaluate the presence of qnr genes among enterobacterial isolates carrying extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) in Barcelona, Spain...