Derepressed transfer properties leading to the efficient spread of the plasmid encoding carbapenemase OXA-48
Université de Fribourg
- Potron, Anaïs INSERM U914, Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics, Faculté de Médecine et Université Paris-Sud, K. Bicêtre, France
- Poirel, Laurent INSERM U914, Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics, Faculté de Médecine et Université Paris-Sud, K. Bicêtre, France - Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Nordmann, Patrice INSERM U914, Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics, Faculté de Médecine et Université Paris-Sud, K. Bicêtre, France - Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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01.01.2014
Published in:
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. - 2013, vol. 58, no. 1, p. 467–471
English
The current emergence of the carbapenemase OXA-48 among Enterobacteriaceae is related to the spread of a single IncL/M-type plasmid, pOXA-48a. This plasmid harbors the blaOXA-48 gene within a composite transposon, Tn1999, which is inserted into the tir gene, encoding a transfer inhibition protein. We showed that the insertion of Tn1999 into the tir gene was involved in a higher transfer frequency of plasmid pOXA-48a. This may likely be the key factor for the successful dissemination of this plasmid.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Médecine 3ème année
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Medicine
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- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 209538
- DOI 10.1128/AAC.01344-13
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/303473
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