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. 1987 Dec;31(12):2007–2009. doi: 10.1128/aac.31.12.2007

Molecular epidemiology of OHIO-1 beta-lactamase.

M A Kron 1, D M Shlaes 1, C Currie-McCumber 1, A A Medeiros 1
PMCID: PMC175845  PMID: 2830844

Abstract

A total of 31 plasmids, all bearing a gene that encodes a novel, plasmid-mediated Richmond-Sykes class III beta-lactamase designated OHIO-1 and a gene that encodes aminoglycoside 2"-adenyltransferase, have been collected from hospitals in Ohio. By using restriction endonuclease digestion and Southern hybridization, we were able to demonstrate that all these plasmids have a common genetic origin.

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