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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2009, p. 230-234, Vol. 47, No. 1
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02027-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Occurrence and Characteristics of Class 1 and 2 Integrons in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Patients in Southern China{triangledown}

Zhenbo Xu,1,2 Lin Li,1 Mark E. Shirtliff,2 M. J. Alam,3 Shinji Yamasaki,1,4 and Lei Shi1,4*

College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China,1 Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Dental School, University of Maryland—Baltimore, 7th Floor South, 650 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201,2 College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843,3 Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan4

Received 19 October 2008/ Accepted 10 November 2008

Class 1 and 2 integrons were detected in 45.8% (54/118) and 19.5% (23/118) of our tested Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, respectively. Three strains were positive for both the integrons. This is the first report of class 2 integrons in P. aeruginosa and also of isolates carrying class 1 and 2 integrons simultaneously.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China. Phone and fax: 86-20-87112734. E-mail: leishi88{at}hotmail.com

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 November 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2009, p. 230-234, Vol. 47, No. 1
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02027-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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