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Increased resistance to carbapenems in proteus mirabilis mediated by amplification of the bla vim-1 -carrying and is 26 -associated class 1 integron

Bontron, Séverine ; Poirel, Laurent ; Kieffer, Nicolas ; Savov, Encho ; Trifonova, Angelina ; Todorova, Iva ; Kueffer, Gwendoline ; Nordmann, Patrice

In: Microbial Drug Resistance, 2019, vol. 25, no. 5, p. 663–667

The aim of the study was to decipher the mechanisms and associated genetic determinants responsible for increased carbapenem resistance among Proteus mirabilis clinical isolates.Methods: The entire genetic structure surrounding the β- lactam resistance genes was characterized by PCR, gene walking, and DNA sequencing.Results: A series of clinical P. mirabilis isolates were consecutively ...

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Outbreak caused by NDM-1- and RmtB-producing Escherichia coli in Bulgaria

Poirel, Laurent ; Savov, Encho ; Nazli, Arzu ; Trifonova, Angelina ; Todorova, Iva ; Gergova, Ivanka ; Nordmann, Patrice

In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2014, vol. 58, no. 4, p. 2472–2474

Twelve consecutive carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli isolates were recovered from patients (infection or colonization) hospitalized between March and September 2012 in different units at a hospital in Bulgaria. They all produced the carbapenemase NDM-1 and the extended-spectrum-β-lactamase CTX-M-15, together with the 16S rRNA methylase RmtB, conferring high-level resistance to all...