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Emergence of extensive-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a French university hospital.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Oct 2009
Vettoretti L, Floret N, Hocquet D, Dehecq B, Plésiat P, Talon D, Bertrand X
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The aim of this study was to describe the molecular epidemiology and the mechanisms of resistance to beta-lactams of emerging extensive-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (XDRPA) in a tertiary-care university hospital over a three-year period. Analysis included antimicrobial susceptibility profiling and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Resistance mechanisms to beta-lactams were identified: production...
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