Characterisation of OXA-244, a chromosomally-encoded OXA-48-like β-lactamase from Escherichia coli.

• Potron A Centre national de référence de la résistance aux antibiotiques, K.-Bicêtre, France; Centre hospitalier régional Universitaire de Besançon, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
• Poirel L Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. Electronic address: laurent.poirel@unifr.ch.
• Dortet L Centre national de référence de la résistance aux antibiotiques, K.-Bicêtre, France.
• Nordmann P Centre national de référence de la résistance aux antibiotiques, K.-Bicêtre, France; Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; HFR, Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Aged, 80 and over

Chromosomes, Bacterial

DNA Transposable Elements

DNA, Bacterial

Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli Infections

Female

Gene Order

Genes, Bacterial

Humans

Microbial Sensitivity Tests

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Sequence Analysis, DNA

beta-Lactamases