Outbreak of infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing VIM-1 carbapenemase in Greece

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作者
Tsakris, A [1 ]
Pournaras, S
Woodford, N
Palepou, AFI
Babini, GS
Douboyas, J
Livermore, DM
机构
[1] Aristotelian Univ Salonika, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, GR-54006 Salonika, Greece
[2] AHEPA Univ Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Salonika 54636, Greece
[3] Cent Publ Hlth Lab, Antibiot Resistance Monitoring & Reference Lab, London NW9 5HT, England
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10.1128/JCM.38.3.1290-1292.2000
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Resistance to imipenem and meropenem was observed in 211 (16.5%) isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered in a Greek university hospital during 1996 to 1998. In six isolates selected from throughout this period, high-level resistance to both carbapenems (MICs greater than or equal to 128 mu g/ml) was associated with production of the class B beta-lactamase VLM-1. bla(VIM)-bearing isolates belonged to serotype O:12 and were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
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页码:1290 / 1292
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