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Description of the metallo-β-lactamase GIM-1 in Acinetobacter pittii.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2014
Kaase Martin, Szabados Florian, Pfennigwerth Niels, Anders Agnes, Geis Gabriele, Pranada Arthur B, Rößler Susann, Lang Uwe, Gatermann Sören G
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OBJECTIVES: To characterize the mechanisms involved in the reduced carbapenem susceptibility of five Acinetobacter pittii strains isolated from different regions of Germany. METHODS: The strains were analysed by susceptibility testing, phenotypic tests for metallo-β-lactamase production, sequencing of the integron structure and strain typing by PFGE, as well as multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and plasmid...
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