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Characterization of Class 1 Integrons from <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> That Contain the <i>bla</i> <sub>VIM-2</sub> Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing β-Lactamase Gene and of Two Novel Aminoglycoside Resistance Gene Cassettes
1 Feb 2001
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Two clonally unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains, RON-1 and RON-2, were isolated in 1997 and 1998 from patients hospitalized in a suburb of Paris, France. Both isolates expressed the class B carbapenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase VIM-2 previously identified in Marseilles in the French Riviera. In both isolates, the bla(VIM-2) cassette was part of a class 1 integron that also encoded...
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