TY - JOUR AU - Carattoli, Alessandra AU - Miriagou, Vivi AU - Bertini, Alessia AU - Loli, Alexandra AU - Colinon, Celine AU - Villa, Laura AU - Whichard, Jean AU - Rossolini, Gian Maria T1 - Replicon Typing of Plasmids Encoding Resistance to Newer β-Lactams T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 7 SP - 1145 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Polymerase chain reaction–based replicon typing represents a novel method to describe the dissemination and follow the evolution of resistance plasmids. We used this approach to study 26 epidemiologically unrelated Enterobacteriaceae and demonstrate the dominance of incompatibility (Inc) A/C or Inc N-related plasmids carrying some emerging resistance determinants to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and carbapenems. KW - β-Lactam resistance KW - plasmid KW - replicon typing KW - dispatch KW - United States KW - Italy KW - Greece DO - 10.3201/eid1207.051555 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/7/05-1555_article ER - End of Reference