Tripoli Metallo-β-Lactamase-1 (TMB-1)-Producing Acinetobacter spp. with Decreased Resistance to Imipenem in Japan | Zendy

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Tripoli Metallo-β-Lactamase-1 (TMB-1)-Producing Acinetobacter spp. with Decreased Resistance to Imipenem in Japan

Author(s) -

Shizuo Kayama,

Norifumi Shigemoto,

Wataru Shimizu,

Ryuichi Kuwahara,

Mitsuyasu Ikeda,

Kouji Ikebe,

Kikuyo Maeda,

Junzo Hisatsune,

Hiroki Ohge,

Motoyuki Sugai

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.01790-13

Subject(s) - imipenem , klebsiella pneumoniae , acinetobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , drug resistance , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , gene , escherichia coli , genetics

We recently reported Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying bla IMP-type metallo-β-lactamase gene variants showing a paradoxical resistance phenotype: resistance to virtually all β-lactams except imipenem ([1][1], [2][2]). Here we report the isolation of Acinetobacter spp. showing a similar resistance

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