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Nosocomial outbreak of VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated with retrograde urography.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Sept 2010
Elias J, Schoen C, Heinze G, Valenza G, Gerharz E, Gerharz H, Vogel U
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is well adapted to the hospital setting and can cause a wide array of nosocomial infections that occasionally culminate in recalcitrant outbreaks. In the present study, we describe the first nosocomial outbreak of infection caused by bla(VIM-2)-positive P. aeruginosa in Germany. In November and December 2007, highly resistant P. aeruginosa isolates were recovered from the urine of 11...
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