Abstract:ObjectiveTo study the distribution of insertion sequence common region1(ISCR1) in local third generation cephalosporinresistant clinical strains of Enterobacteriaceae and the relationship between ISCR1 and ESBLs.MethodsAntimicrobial susceptibilities were tested by microdilution broth method; ESBLs phenotypic confirmatory test were performed by double disk diffusion method; ISCR1 gene, SHV,TEM, and CTXMESBLs genes were amplified by PCR and analysed by singlestrand conformation polymorphism (PCRSSCP) and DNA sequencing , and the relationship between ISCR1 and ESBLs gene was detected by PCRmapping.ResultsAmong 83 strains , 17 isolates habored ISCR1 gene,6 of which were positive in ESBLs phenotypic confirmatory test,including 2 Escherichia coli strains(EA791,EA1367),3 Enterobacter cloacae (EC1322,EC1342,EC553) , and 1 Klebsiella oxytoca (K386), EA791,EC553 and K386 all contained CTXM1 ESBLs gene; EA1367 contained both CTXM1 and CTXM9 group ESBLs gene ;EC1322 and EC1342 both contained SHV12 ESBLs gene; all 6 strains carried TEMESBL gene which were verified by PCRSSCP. PCRmapping revealed that there’s no relation between ISCR1 and ESBLs gene. ConclusionISCR1 element exist in local third generation cephalosporinresistant clinical strains of Enterobacteriaceae, the study found no evidence of direct relationship between ISCR1 and ESBLs, the element maybe play a role in horizontal transmission of other drugresistant genes.