Dissemination of pCT-like IncK plasmids harboring CTX-M-14 extended-spectrum β-lactamase among clinical Escherichia coli isolates in the United Kingdom

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Jun;56(6):3376-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00313-12. Epub 2012 Mar 26.

Abstract

IncK plasmids encoding CTX-M-14 extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and highly related to plasmid pCT were detected in 13 of 67 (19%) human clinical isolates of Escherichia coli with a group 9 CTX-M-type ESBL from the United Kingdom and in 2 quality assurance isolates. None of these E. coli strains was related to the cattle strain from which pCT was originally characterized.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Escherichia coli / classification
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • United Kingdom
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta-lactamase CTX-M-14
  • beta-Lactamases