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Novel Acquired Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene,<i>bla</i><sub>SIM-1</sub>, in a Class 1 Integron from<i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i>Clinical Isolates from Korea
26 Oct 2005
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Carbapenem resistance mediated by acquired carbapenemase genes has been increasingly reported, particularly for clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. Of 1,234 non-duplicate isolates of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. isolated at a tertiary-care hospital in Seoul, Korea, 211 (17%) were positive for metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL). Of these, 204 (96%) had...
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