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GES-18, a New Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing GES-Type β-Lactamase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa That Contains Ile80 and Ser170 Residues
1 Nov 2012
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A clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered from the lower respiratory tract of an 81-year-old patient hospitalized in Belgium was sent to the national reference center to determine its resistance mechanism. PCR sequencing identified a new GES variant, GES-18, which differs from the carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme GES-5 by a single amino acid substitution (Val80Ile, in the numbering according to Ambler)...
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