Open AccessEmergence of VIM-producing Aeromonas caviae in Israeli hospitals
Author(s) -
Amos Adler,
Marc V. Assous,
Svetlana Paikin,
A. Shulman,
Tamar Miller-Roll,
Stav Hillel,
Rima Aronov,
Yehuda Carmeli,
Mitchell J. Schwaber
Publication year - 2014
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/dkt505
Subject(s) - aeromonas caviae , aeromonas , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , vibrionaceae , gene , bacteria , genetics
Resistance to carbapenems in Aeromonas species is rare and mediated mostly by the chromosomal cphA gene. Our aims were to describe the molecular characteristics of the first cases of VIM-producing Aeromonas caviae isolated from human samples.
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