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Increased prevalence and clonal dissemination of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with the blaIMP-1 gene cassette in Hiroshima.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2009
Kouda Syuntaro, Ohara Masaru, Onodera Makoto, Fujiue Yoshihiro, Sasaki Megumi, Kohara Tadahiro, Kashiyama Seiya, Hayashida Shizue, Harino Toshie, Tsuji Takahiro, Itaha Hideyuki, Gotoh Naomasa, Matsubara Akio, Usui Tsuguru, Sugai Motoyuki
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the dissemination of metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL)-encoding genes among multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates recovered from major hospitals in the Hiroshima region. METHODS: During July to December from 2004 to 2006, a surveillance of eight major hospitals in the Hiroshima region identified 387 non-duplicate isolates resistant to imipenem (MIC...
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