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Pseudomonas aeruginosa carbapenem resistance mechanisms in Spain: impact on the activity of imipenem, meropenem and doripenem.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2011
Riera Elena, Cabot Gabriel, Mulet Xavier, García-Castillo María, del Campo Rosa, Juan Carlos, Cantón Rafael, Oliver Antonio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in the 175 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates (39%; 175/448) showing non-susceptibility (European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing breakpoints) to imipenem (35%), meropenem (33%) and/or doripenem (33%) recovered in 2008-09 from 16 Spanish hospitals during the Comparative Activity of Carbapenem Testing (COMPACT) surveillance study....
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