Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 188-190, June 2010

Carriage of qnrA1 and qnrB2, blaCTX-M15, and complex class 1 integron in a clinical multiresistant Citrobacter freundii isolate☆☆☆

  • Sónia Ferreira

      Affiliations

    • CESAM and Biology Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
    • ,
  • Ana Paradela

      Affiliations

    • CESAM and Biology Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
    • ,
  • Jorge Velez

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Infante D. Pedro EPE, 3810-096 Aveiro, Portugal
    • ,
  • Elmano Ramalheira

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Infante D. Pedro EPE, 3810-096 Aveiro, Portugal
    • ,
  • Timothy R. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
    • ,
  • Sónia Mendo

      Affiliations

    • CESAM and Biology Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. CESAM and Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. Tel.: +351 234370970; fax: +351 234372587.

Received 11 November 2009; accepted 7 January 2010. published online 25 March 2010.

Abstract 

A multiresistant Citrobacter freundii strain was recovered from a catheter from a patient hospitalized in Aveiro, Portugal. This strain harbored quinolone resistance genes, qnrA1 and qnrB2, both in a large plasmid.

Keywords: Resistance, Quinolone, Citrobacter freundii

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☆ Part of this work was presented at the 19th European Conference of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Helsinki, Finland, 2009.

☆☆ Sónia Ferreira was funded by a fellowship SFRH/BDE/15573/2005 from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia de Portugal and by Hospital Infante D. Pedro EPE, Aveiro, Portugal.

PII: S0732-8893(10)00007-6

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.01.003

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 188-190, June 2010

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