rmtD2, a new allele of a 16S rRNA methylase gene, has been present in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Argentina for more than a decade

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Feb;55(2):904-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00962-10. Epub 2010 Nov 15.

Abstract

The first allele of a 16S rRNA methyltransferase gene, rmtD2, conferring very high resistance to all clinically available aminoglycosides, was detected in 7/1,064 enterobacteria collected in 2007. rmtD2 was located on a conjugative plasmid in a Tn2670-like element inside a structure similar to that of rmtD1 but probably having an independent assembly. rmtD2 has been found since 1996 to 1998 mainly in Enterobacter and Citrobacter isolates, suggesting a possible reservoir in these genera. This presumption deserves monitoring by continuous surveillance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alleles*
  • Aminoglycosides / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Argentina / epidemiology
  • Conjugation, Genetic
  • DNA Transposable Elements / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Methyltransferases / genetics*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Aminoglycosides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Methyltransferases
  • rRNA (adenosine-O-2'-)methyltransferase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/HQ401565
  • GENBANK/HQ401566
  • GENBANK/HQ401567