Plasmid-determined β-lactamases identified in a group of 204 ampicillin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Vol. 12 (5) , 507-510
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/12.5.507
Abstract
Information is presented on the plasmid-determined β-lactamases identified in 204 strains of ampicillin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. The type most frequently identified was TEM-1 (in 85.3% of the strains), followed by SHV-1 (14.70%). Two types of plasmid-determined β-lactamase were identified in 20 strains; in 18 of them one of the two was TEM-1 and in 13, SHV-1 (the TEM-1+SHV-1 combination was observed in 12 strains). In the 41 Klebsiella strains the most frequently identified enzyme was SHV-1 (in 28 of the strains) and the proportion of strains with two plasmid-determined β-lactamases was higher than in the other species studied.Keywords
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