Article
Molecular evolution of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a nosocomial setting of high-level endemicity.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2006
Lagatolla Cristina, Edalucci Elisabetta, Dolzani Lucilla, Riccio Maria Letizia, De Luca Filomena, Medessi Erica, Rossolini Gian Maria, Tonin Enrico Angelo
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains producing VIM-type metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) has occurred in an Italian hospital since 2000 (C. Lagatolla, E. A. Tonin, C. Monti-Bragadin, L. Dolzani, F. Gombac, C. Bearzi, E. Edalucci, F. Gionechetti, and G. M. Rossolini, Emerg. Infect. Dis. 10:535-538, 2004). In this work, using molecular methods, we characterized 128 carbapenem-resistant...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
