Carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosafrom central Greece: molecular epidemiology and genetic analysis of class I integrons

Table 1 Gene cassettes, STs/CCs and BOX-patterns of the VIM-producing P. aeruginosa isolates

Gene cassettes^a	GenBank; reference	No. of isolates	ST/CC	BOX pattern (no. of isolates)
aacA29a\|bla _VIM-2 \|aacA29b	EU118149; [20]	45	111/ CC111	P1 (21)
			111/ CC111	P5 (3)
			111/ CC111	P9 (4)
			111/ CC111	P11 (2)
			111/ CC111	P14 (1)
			111/ CC111	P16 (5)
			244/ CC244	P7 (2)
			244/ CC244	P15 (1)
			253/ CC253	P4 (1)
			277/ CC277	P6 (3)
			773	P8 (2)
bla _VIM-4\|arr-7\|aacA4\|bla _PSE-1	FN397623; [19]	31	235/ CC235	P2 (16)
			235/ CC235	P17 (3)
			235/ CC235	P18 (3)
			235/ CC235	P19 (3)
			235/ CC235	P20 (4)
			235/ CC235	P10 (2)
aacA29a\|bla _VIM-17\|aacA29b	EU118148; [20]	1	1457/ CC235	P3 (1)
bla _OXA-10\|aacA4\|bla _VIM-2\|smr-2	KC527014; this study	2	395/ CC395	P12 (2)
bla _VIM-2\| aacA7\|dfrB	KC527015; this study	1	235/ CC235	P13 (1)

^aAminoglycoside (6′) acetyltransferase genes: aacA29a, aacA29b, aacA4, aacA7; β-lactamase genes: bla _VIM-2, bla _VIM-4, bla _VIM-17, bla _OXA-10, bla _PSE-1; dihydrofolate reductase type B (trimethoprim resistance) gene: dfrB; ADP-ribosyl transferase (rifampicin resistance) gene: arr-7; small multidrug resistance protein gene: smr-2.

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