Article
[Detection of metallo-beta-lactamases in gram-negative bacilli isolated in hospitals from Romania--research fellowship report].
Bacteriologia, virusologia, parazitologia, epidemiologia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) - 1 Jan 2000
Mereuţă Ana I, Docquier J D, Rossolini G M, Buiuc D
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of carbapenem resistance in Gram-negative bacilli has become a global concern since these beta-lactams are often the only effective treatment left against many multiresistant strains. Metallo-beta-lactamase-producing isolates are now widespread worldwide, and especially in Europe where they have been responsible for rather large outbreaks. Our study proposes to investigate the presence of such...
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