Transmission in the community of clonal Proteus mirabilis carrying VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase | Zendy

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Transmission in the community of clonal Proteus mirabilis carrying VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase

Author(s) -

Athanassios Tsakris,

Alexandros Ikonomidis,

Aggeliki Poulou,

Nicholas Spanakis,

Spyros Pournaras,

Fani Markou

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm138

Subject(s) - proteus mirabilis , imipenem , integron , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , agar dilution , meropenem , plasmid , ertapenem , intergenic region , pseudomonas aeruginosa , virology , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , gene , genetics , bacteria , minimum inhibitory concentration , genome

Several infections among patients attending our outpatient clinic were caused by imipenem-resistant Proteus mirabilis that were phenotypically metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL)-positive. The aim of the study was to investigate this extrahospital dissemination and the mechanisms of resistance to carbapenems.

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