The aadB gene cassette is associated with blaSHV genes in Klebsiella species producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.

Published: February 2005

Integrons were detected in 37 (72.5%) of 51 Klebsiella spp. producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases by PCR with primers that targeted integrase genes and cassette regions. PCR and amplicon sequencing of the cassette regions revealed aadB and aadA2 gene cassettes that confer resistance to a range of aminoglycosides. aadB was associated with a class 1 integron on a 28-kb plasmid, pES1, that also contained bla(SHV-12) and IS26.

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