14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious ...

Poster Sessions Tuesday, May 4, 2004
P1459 Contribution of outer membrane protein
alterations and beta-lactamases in
carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp.
M. Castanheira, J. Smayevski, R.N. Jones,
T.R. Walsh (Bristol, UK; Buenos Aires, AR;
North Liberty, USA)
P1460 Post-genomic identification of a new
subclasss B3 metallo-beta-lactamase (NOV-1)
from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans
J.D. Docquier, M. Stoczko, G. Amicosante,
J.M. Frère, G.M. Rossolini
(Liège, B; Siena, L’Aquila, I)
P1461 New aminoglycoside and chloramphenicol
acetyltransferase-encoding gene cassettes in
class 1 integrons from multiresistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
J.D. Docquier, C. Mugnaioli, F. Luzzaro,
R.A. Musmanno, G.M. Rossolini
(Liège, B; Siena, Varese, I)
P1462 Hyperproduction of AmpC beta-lactamase in
a clinical isolate of Escherichia coli associated
with a 30-base pair deletion in the attenuat
or region of ampC
F. Fernández-Cuenca, A. Pascual, L. Martínez-
Martínez (Seville, E)
P1463 In vivo selection of Enterobacter aerogenes
with reduced susceptibility to cefepime
associated with either decreased expression
of an outer membrane protein of 40 kDa or
hyperproduction of AmpC beta-lactamase
F. Fernández-Cuenca, A. Pascual, J.-M. Rodríguez-
Martínez, L. Martínez-Martínez (Seville, E)
P1464 Analysis of the mutations in the pbp genes of
penicillin-nonsusceptible pneumococci from
Turkey
M. Bicmen, Z. Gulay (Izmir, TR)
P1465 Mutations in erm(B) associated with rare,
low-level telithromycin resistance in
Streptococcus pneumoniae:
3-year data from PROTEKT
D. Farrell, I. Morrissey, S. Bakker, D. Felmingham
(London, UK)
P1466 Fitness costs of apramycin resistance
plasmids conferring cross-resistance to
gentamicin and tobramycin
C.M. Yates, D.J. Shaw, M.E.J. Woolhouse,
S.G.B. Amyes (Edinburgh, UK)
P1467 High-level aminoglycoside resistance of
Streptococcus bovis isolates in a teaching
hospital in Hong Kong – studies on prevalence
and resistance mechanisms
V.C.Y. Chow, R.C.Y. Chan, M.-L. Chin,
A.F.B. Cheng (Hong Kong, HK)
P1468 Molecular characterisation of a new variant
of IND-type metallo ß-lactamase expressed in
a clinical isolate of CDC group Gram-negative
asaccharolytic rod
B. Caporale, M. Perilli, M.L. Mezzatesta,
S. Stefani, G. Celenza, F. De Santis, M. Fiore,
G.M. Rossolini, G. Amicosante
(L'Aquila, Catania, Siena, I)
P1469 Characterisation of beta-lactam resistance
among clinical Escherichia coli strains in
Portugal
M. Ferreira, E. Ferreira, M. Caniça, GEMVSA
(Lisbon, P)
P1470 Molecular basis of fusidic acid resistance in
Staphylococcus aureus from patients with
atopic dermatitis undergoing therapy with
fusidic acid
A.J. O'Neill, A.R. Larsen, A.S. Henriksen,
I. Chopra (Leeds, UK; Copenhagen, DK)
P1471 High frequency of association between
CTX-M-beta-lactamase-coding genes and
the ISEcp1 insertion element
M. Pimkin, I. Palagin, M. Stepanova, M. Edelstein
(Smolensk, RUS)
P1472 Fluconazole resistance mechanisms in
C. krusei clinical isolates.
The contribution of efflux pumps
J. Guinea, M. Sánchez-Somolinos, T. Pelaez,
O. Cuevas, J. Martínez-Alarcón, L. Alcalá,
P. Muñoz, E. Bouza (Madrid, E)
P1473 Characterisation of the Ambler class B
chromosome-encoded ß-lactamases SLB-1
and SFB-1 from Shewanella livingstonensis
and Shewanella frigidimarina
L. Poirel, C. Heritier, P. Nordmann
(Le Kremlin Bicetre, F)
P1474 Evidence for an efflux pump affecting
carbapenem susceptibility in Bacteroides
fragilis
K. Aldridge, K. Lolans, P. Schreckenberger,
J.P. Quinn (New Orleans, Chicago, USA)
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