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Evaluation of heteroresistance to polymyxin B among carbapenem-susceptible and -resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2013
Hermes Djuli M, Pormann Pitt Caroline, Lutz Larissa, Teixeira Aline B, Ribeiro Vanessa B, Netto Bárbara, Martins Andreza F, Zavascki Alexandre P, Barth Afonso L
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One hundred and twenty-four Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were selected for antimicrobial susceptibility testing with anti-pseudomonal agents, MIC determination for polymyxin B and metallo-beta-lactamase detection (genes blaSPM, blaVIM-1, blaNDM-1 and blaIMP). According to the imipenem and/or meropenem susceptibility profile, a set of randomly selected isolates (12 isolates carbapenem-susceptible and 12...
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