Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Global Spread of Multiple Aminoglycoside Resistance Genes

Kunikazu Yamane*, Jun-ichi Wachino*, Yohei Doi*, Hiroshi Kurokawa*, and Yoshichika Arakawa*

Author affiliations: *National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Methylase-producing strains of 16S rRNA identified after previous study (6)

Species and strain	Type	Year of isolation	Hospital	Prefecture
Pseudomonas aeruginosa P122	RmtA	2002	A	Aichi
P. aeruginosa P340	RmtA	2002	B	Gifu
P. aeruginosa 02-386	RmtA	2002	C	Saitama
P. aeruginosa 03-29	RmtA	2003	D	Aichi
P. aeruginosa 03-230	RmtA	2003	E	Shizuoka
Escherichia coli 01-139	RmtB	2001	H	Yamanashi
Klebsiella pneumoniae 01-140	RmtB	2001	H	Yamanashi
Klebsiella oxytoca 01-141	RmtB	2001	H	Yamanashi
K. pneumoniae 01-142	RmtB	2001	H	Yamanashi
E. coli C316	RmtB	2002	F	Hyogo
Serratia marcescens S95	RmtB	2002	G	Kohchi
K. pneumoniae 03-252	RmtB	2003	H	Yamanashi
K. pneumoniae 03-518	RmtB	2003	H	Yamanashi
E. coli C316-2	ArmA	2003	F	Hyogo
S. marcescens ARS8	ArmA	2003	I	Tochigi
Acinetobacter sp. ARS6	ArmA	2003	J	Kanagawa