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Detection and characterization of VIM-31, a new variant of VIM-2 with Tyr224His and His252Arg mutations, in a clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2012
Bogaerts Pierre, Bebrone Carine, Huang Te-Din, Bouchahrouf Warda, Degheldre Yves, Deplano Ariane, Hoffmann Kurt, Glupczynski Youri
Abstract excerpt
We report the first description of the metallo-β-lactamase VIM-31, a new variant of VIM-2 with Tyr224His and His252Arg mutations, in Enterobacter cloacae 11236, which was isolated from blood specimens of a patient with colonic adenocarcinoma in Belgium. bla(VIM-31) was found on a class 1 integron located on a self-transferable but not typeable 42-kb plasmid. Compared to values published elsewhere for VIM-2, the...
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