PER-1 production in a urinary isolate of Providencia rettgeri

BAHAR G. , Erac B. , MERT A., GULAY Z.

JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY, cilt.16, ss.343-346, 2004 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 16 Konu: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1179/joc.2004.16.4.343
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.343-346

Özet

A Providencia rettgeri strain resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and intermediate to aztreonam was isolated from the urine of a patient hospitalized in the urology clinic of SSK Educational Hospital in Ankara. Clavulanic acid restored the activity of extended-spectrum cephalosporins, suggesting that the strain was harboring an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase. Since the PER-1 enzyme is widespread in Turkey, and had been already detected in a related species such as Proteus mirabilis, the Providencia strain was suspected of harboring a PER-1 enzyme, which was indeed detected by PCR. This is the first description in a P. rettgeri isolate of a PER-1 enzyme which is widespread among Acinetobacter baumanni and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in Turkey.