Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2006)

Class 1 Integrons in Resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp., US Hospitals

  • Aarati N. Rao,
  • Miriam Barlow,
  • Leigh Ann Clark,
  • John R. Boring,
  • Fred C. Tenover,
  • John E. McGowan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1206.051596
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 6
pp. 1011 – 1014

Abstract

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We examined Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. from US hospitals for class 1 integrons. Of 320 isolates, 181 (57%) were positive; association of integrons with resistance varied by drug and organism. Thus, determining integron epidemiology will improve understanding of how antibacterial resistance determinants spread in the United States.

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