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Changing the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Brazilian teaching hospital: the replacement of São Paulo metallo-β-lactamase-producing isolates.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 May 2012
Cavalcanti Felipe Lira de Sá, Almeida Anna Carolina Soares, Vilela Marinalda Anselmo, Morais Marcia Maria Camargo de, Morais Junior Marcos Antonio de
Abstract excerpt
In Brazil, carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates are closely related to the São Paulo metallo-β-lactamase (SPM) Brazilian clone. In this study, imipenem-resistant isolates were divided in two sets, 2002/2003 and 2008/2009, analysed by pulsed field gel electrophoresis and tested for the Ambler class B metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) genes blaSPM-1, blaIMP and blaVIM. The results show a prevalence of one...
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