American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2(60), p. 1148-1152, 2016
DOI: 10.1128/aac.01654-15
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ABSTRACT The genetic structures involved in the dissemination of bla CMY-2 carried by Proteus mirabilis isolates recovered from different gull species in the South of France were characterized and compared to clinical isolates. bla CMY-2 was identified in P. mirabilis isolates from 27/93 yellow-legged gulls and from 37/65 slender-billed gulls. It was carried by a conjugative SXT/R391-like integrative and conjugative element (ICE) in all avian strains and in 3/7 human strains. Two clinical isolates had the same genetic background as six avian isolates.