Resistence mechanisms in Serratia Marcescens to b-lactam antibiotics.
Abstract
AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PREVALENT MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE TO THE NEWER B-LACTAN ANTIBIOTICS IN S.MARCESCENS ISOLATES OF GREEK HOSPITALS.THIRTY-THREE (33) NON-REPETITIVE CLINICAL STRAINS ISOLATED IN FIVE HOSPITALS OF THE ATTICA REGION WERE COLLECTED.FOURTY PER CENT(40%) OF THEM WERE RESISTANT TO 3RD GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS(36C) AND AZTREONAN.METHODOLOGY FOLLOWED, INCLUDED: A)LOCALIZATION OF RESISTANCE DETERMINANTS ON PLASMIDS DY CONJUGAL TRANSFER OF 36C-RESISTANCE FROM S. MARCESCENS WILD STRAINS TO E.COLI RECIPIENTS, DETECTION OF RESISTANCE PLASMIDS TRANSFERRED IN THE E.COLI TRANASCONJUGANTS BY PLASMID DNA AGAROSE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PLASMIDS BY RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE ANALYSIS.B)DETECTION OF PLASMID-MEDIATED B-LACTANASES PRODUCTED BY THE WILD STRAINS AND THE TRANSCONJUGANT CLONES BY ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING.C)CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PLASMID-MEDIATED B-LACTANASES THAT CONSIDERED AS RESPONSIBLE FOR RESISTANSE TO 3GC,ON THE BASIS ...
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