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Outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in community hospitals in Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
Sekiguchi Jun-Ichiro, Asagi Tsukasa, Miyoshi-Akiyama Tohru, Kasai Atsushi, Mizuguchi Yukie, Araake Minako, Fujino Tomoko, Kikuchi Hideko, Sasaki Satoru, Watari Hajime, Kojima Tadashi, Miki Hiroshi, Kanemitsu Keiji, Kunishima Hiroyuki, Kikuchi Yoshihiro, Kaku Mitsuo, Yoshikura Hiroshi, Kuratsuji Tadatoshi, Kirikae Teruo
Abstract excerpt
We previously reported an outbreak in a neurosurgery ward of catheter-associated urinary tract infection with multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain IMCJ2.S1, carrying the 6'-N-aminoglycoside acetyltransferase gene [aac(6')-Iae]. For further epidemiologic studies, 214 clinical isolates of MDR P. aeruginosa showing resistance to imipenem (MIC >or= 16 microg/ml), amikacin (MIC >or= 64 microg/ml),...
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