Integrons: Adding Another Threat to the Use of Antibiotic Therapy
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- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 41 (1) , 10-11
- https://doi.org/10.1086/430715
Abstract
In this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Nijssen et al. [1] describe the spread in 2 intensive care units (ICUs) of Enterobacteriaceae strains that carried integrons coding for reduced susceptibility to β-lactams and other antibiotics commonly used in treating critically ill patients. The authors describe acquisition of integron-carrying Enterobacteriaceae, cross-transmission of such organisms, and inter- and intraspecies transfer of integrons. The report is important because it demonstrates the need for systematic epidemiological studies of this type of antibiotic resistance and the need for its containment.Keywords
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