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Resistance patterns and integron cassette arrays of complex strains of human origin Free

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The aim of this research was to analyse the resistance patterns and characterize the distribution and genetic content of resistance integrons within complex strains originating from hospitalized patients. The strains were included in the complex study following sequence analysis of the gene. The determination of resistance towards eight classes of antimicrobials was followed by PCR detection of integrons and analyses of the size and sequences of their variable parts. The majority of 69 clinical strains of the complex were identified as . They were isolated from a variety of samples, including urine, wounds, blood and stools. The remaining isolates belonged to clusters III and IV, subsp. and . Fifty-two isolates (75.4 %) were resistant to more than three unrelated antibiotics. The resistance for each antibiotic, except imipenem, was significantly associated with the presence of integrons. Class 1 integrons were detected in 55 % of isolates: 63.3 % of ‘ subsp. ’, 50 % of cluster III, 40 % of ‘ subsp. ’, 33 % belonging to cluster IV and 20 % of ‘ subsp. ’ were -positive. All of the integrons were located on transferable genetic elements. The transferred resistance primarily included that to aminoglycosides, ticarcillin, piperacillin, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim and tetracycline. Sequence analysis of the variable regions of integrons identified two groups of genes: those encoding aminoglycoside adenylotransferases responsible for resistance to aminoglycosides, and cassettes conferring resistance to trimethoprim. Integrons of the complex showed limited variability of genes encoding resistance to therapeutics and were stable in structure with the following cassette arrays: , , and Hospital-dependent differences in type and arrays of gene cassettes were observed, which seemed to be conserved and not liable to changes.

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Resistance patterns and integron cassette arrays of Enterobacter cloacae complex strains of human origin
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