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Diversity in VIM-2-encoding class 1 integrons and occasional blaSHV2a carriage in isolates of a persistent, multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clone from Tunis.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2010
Hammami S, Gautier V, Ghozzi R, Da Costa A, Ben-Redjeb S, Arlet G
Abstract excerpt
From 2002 to 2006, 35 of 73 multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from different wards at Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis were positive for class B carbapenemase (using the imipenem-EDTA test), owing to a bla(VIM-2) gene cassette in a class 1 integron. Twenty-three isolates additionally produced the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase SHV2a. DNA sequences immediately surrounding bla(SHV2a) shared...
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