Detection of common mobile genetic elements and genotyping of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in blood specimens from septicemia patients in southern China

Background Integron, ISCR1 and complex class 1 integrons lead bacteria to become resistant to antibiotic regimens. The aim of this study was to detect common mobile genetic elements of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli and evaluate the genotyping of these bacilli in blood specimens from septicemia patients in southern China.