Open AccessDetection of the new metallo- -lactamase VIM-19 along with KPC-2, CMY-2 and CTX-M-15 in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Author(s) -
Spyros Pournaras,
Aggeliki Poulou,
Evangelia Voulgari,
Georgia Vrioni,
Ioulia Kristo,
Athanassios Tsakris
Publication year - 2010
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/dkq190
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella , beta lactamase , enterobacteriaceae , biology , escherichia coli , gene , genetics
To report the identification of the metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) variant VIM-19 in a Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strain co-producing KPC-2 carbapenemase, CMY-2 cephalosporinase and CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase.
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