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Dissemination of transposon Tn6001 in carbapenem-non-susceptible and extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Taiwan.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2009
Tseng Sung-Pin, Tsai Jui-Chang, Teng Lee-Jene, Hsueh Po-Ren
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) and Tn6001 in carbapenem-non-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CNSPA). The CNSPA included extensively drug-resistant P. aeruginosa (XDRPA) and non-XDRPA isolates in Taiwan. METHODS: A total of 308 CNSPA isolates collected at a medical centre from 2000 to 2005 and 26 XDRPA collected from six medical centres in different regions of Taiwan...
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