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Wide Dissemination of GES-Type Carbapenemases in Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates in Kuwait
24 Oct 2012
Abstract excerpt
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen that is an important source of nosocomial infections. Production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) of the GES type in A. baumannii has been increasingly reported, and some of these GES-type enzymes possess some carbapenemase activity. Our aim was to analyze the resistance determinants and the clonal relationships of carbapenem-nonsusceptible A....
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