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A nosocomial outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates expressing the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase GES-2 in South Africa
1 Mar 2002
Abstract excerpt
Eight Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains that produce the clavulanic-acid-inhibited beta-lactamase GES-2 were isolated from patients of a South African hospital from March to July 2000. They were clonally related and each harboured a 150 kb conjugative plasmid carrying a class 1 integron containing a gene cassette encoding GES-2, followed by those for beta-lactamase OXA-5 and an aminoglycoside modifying...
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