Diversity of aminoglycoside-resistance genes and their association with class 1 integrons among strains of pan-European Acinetobacter baumannii clones

References

1. Bergogne-Bérézin E., Towner K. J. 1996; Acinetobacter spp.as nosocomial pathogens: microbiological, clinical, and epidemiological features. Clin Microbiol Rev 9:148–165
   [Google Scholar]
2. Bouvet P. J. M., Grimont P. A. D. 1987; Identification and biotyping of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter. Ann Inst Pasteur Microbiol 138:569–578 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
3. Centrón D., Roy P. H. 2002; Presence of a group II intron in a multiresistant Serratia marcescens strain that harbors three integrons and a novel gene fusion. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46:1402–1409 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
4. Clark N. C., Olsvik O., Swenson J. M., Spiegel C. A., Tenover F. C. 1999; Detection of a streptomycin/spectinomycin adenylyltransferase gene ( aadA ) in Enterococcus faecalis . Antimicrob Agents Chemother 43:157–160 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
5. Devaud M., Kayser F. H., Bachi B. 1982; Transposon-mediated multiple antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter strains. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 22:323–329 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
6. Dijkshoorn L., Aucken H. M., Gerner-Smidt P., Janssen P., Kaufmann M. E., Garaizar J., Ursing J., Pitt T. L. 1996; Comparison of outbreak and nonoutbreak Acinetobacter baumannii strains by genotypic and phenotypic methods. J Clin Microbiol 34:1519–1525
   [Google Scholar]
7. Gallego L., Towner K. J. 2001; Carriage of class 1 integrons and antibiotic resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from northern Spain. J Med Microbiol 50:71–77
   [Google Scholar]
8. Gombac F., Riccio M. L., Rossolini G. M., Lagatolla C., Tonin E., Monti-Bragadin C., Lavenia A., Dolzani L. 2002; Molecular characterization of integrons in epidemiologically unrelated clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from Italian hospitals reveals a limited diversity of gene cassette arrays. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46:3665–3668 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
9. Koeleman J. G. M., Stoof J., van der Bijl M. W., Vandenbroucke-Grauls C. M. J. E., Savelkoul P. H. M. 2001; Identification of epidemic strains of Acinetobacter baumannii by integrase gene PCR. J Clin Microbiol 39:8–13 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
10. Lévesque C., Piché L., Larose C., Roy P. H. 1995; PCR mapping of integrons reveals several novel combinations of resistance genes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 39:185–191 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
11. Magnet S., Courvalin P., Lambert T. 2001; Resistance-nodulation-cell division-type efflux pump involved in aminoglycoside resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii strain BM4454. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 45:3375–3380 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
12. Martinez-Freijo P., Fluit A. C., Schmitz F. J., Verhoef J., Jones M. E. 1999; Many class I integrons comprise distinct stable structures occurring in different species of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from widespread geographic regions in Europe. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 43:686–689
    [Google Scholar]
13. Miller G. H., Sabatelli F. J., Naples L., Hare R. S., Shaw K. J. 1995; The most frequently occurring aminoglycoside mechanisms – combined results of surveys in eight regions of the world. J Chemother 7 (Suppl. 2):17–30
    [Google Scholar]
14. NCCLS 2000 Performance standards for antimicrobial disk susceptibility tests . Approved standard, 7th edn. document M2-A7 Wayne, PA: National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards;
    [Google Scholar]
15. NCCLS 2003 Methods for dilution antimicrobial susceptibility tests for bacteria that grow aerobically . Approved standard, 6th edn. document M7-A6 Wayne, PA: National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards;
    [Google Scholar]
16. Nemec A., Dijkshoorn L., Ježek P. 2000; Recognition of two novel phenons of the genus Acinetobacter among non-glucose-acidifying isolates from human specimens. J Clin Microbiol 38:3937–3941
    [Google Scholar]
17. Nemec A., Dijkshoorn L., van der Reijden T. J. K. 2004; Long-term predominance of two pan-European clones among multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in the Czech Republic. J Med Microbiol 53:147–153 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
18. Noppe-Leclercq I., Wallet F., Haentjens S., Courcol R., Simonet M. 1999; PCR detection of aminoglycoside resistance genes: a rapid molecular typing method for Acinetobacter baumannii . Res Microbiol 150:317–322 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
19. Ribera A., Vila J., Fernandez-Cuenca F. & 7 other authors; 2004; Type 1 integrons in epidemiologically unrelated Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected at Spanish hospitals. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:364–365 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
20. Seward R. J., Towner K. J. 1999; Detection of integrons in worldwide nosocomial isolates of Acinetobacter spp. Clin Microbiol Infect 5:308–318
    [Google Scholar]
21. Seward R. J., Lambert T., Towner K. J. 1998; Molecular epidemiology of aminoglycoside resistance in Acinetobacter spp. J Med Microbiol 47:455–462 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
22. Shaw K. J., Rather P. N., Hare R. S., Miller G. H. 1993; Molecular genetics of aminoglycoside resistance genes and familial relationships of the aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes. Microbiol Rev 57:138–163
    [Google Scholar]
23. van Dessel H., Dijkshoorn L., van der Reijden T., Bakker N., Paauw A., van den Broek P., Verhoef J., Brisse S. 2004; Identification of a new geographically widespread multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii clone from European hospitals. Res Microbiol 155:105–112 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
24. Vila J., Ruiz J., Navia M. & 9 other authors; 1999; Spread of amikacin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated in Spain due to an epidemic strain. J Clin Microbiol 37:758–761
    [Google Scholar]