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. 1996 Jul;40(7):1736-40.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.40.7.1736.

Transferable cefoxitin resistance in enterobacteria from Greek hospitals and characterization of a plasmid-mediated group 1 beta-lactamase (LAT-2)

M Gazouli  1 , L S Tzouvelekis, E Prinarakis, V Miriagou, E Tzelepi
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Transferable cefoxitin resistance in enterobacteria from Greek hospitals and characterization of a plasmid-mediated group 1 beta-lactamase (LAT-2)

M Gazouli et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Jul.

Abstract

Cefoxitin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Escherichia coli strains isolated in Greek hospitals was found to be due to the acquisition of similar plasmids coding for group 1 beta-lactamases. The plasmids were not self-transferable but were mobilized by conjugative plasmids. These elements have also been spread to Enterobacter aerogenes. The most common enzyme was a Citrobacter freundii-derived cephalosporinase (LAT-2) which differed from LAT-1 by three amino acids.

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