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Outbreaks in Distinct Regions Due to a Single <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Clone Carrying a <i>bla</i> <sub>VIM-1</sub> Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene
1 Oct 2005
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From December 2004 to March 2005, 27 Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates that were positive by the imipenem-EDTA double-disk synergy test and that exhibited a single macro-restriction pattern were recovered in two distinct Greek hospitals. The isolates carried a transferable bla(VIM-1) metallo-beta-lactamase gene in a class 1 integron. Reverse transcriptase PCR showed that the gene was similarly expressed in...
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