Increased prevalence and clonal dissemination of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with the blaIMP-1 gene cassette in Hiroshima
Author(s) -
Syuntaro Kouda,
Masaru Ohara,
Makoto Onodera,
Y Fujiue,
Megumi Sasaki,
Tadahiro Kohara,
Seiya Kashiyama,
Shizue Hayashida,
Toshie Harino,
Takahiro Tsuji,
Hideyuki Itaha,
Naomasa Gotoh,
Akio Matsubara,
Tsuguru Usui,
Motoyuki Sugai
Publication year - 2009
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/dkp142
Subject(s) - pseudomonas aeruginosa , multiple drug resistance , gene cassette , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , gene , drug resistance , genetics , integron , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , antibiotics
The aim of this study was to evaluate the dissemination of metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL)-encoding genes among multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates recovered from major hospitals in the Hiroshima region.
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