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Snapshot on carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii in Bucharest hospitals reveals unusual clones and novel genetic surroundings for blaOXA-23.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2015
Gheorghe Irina, Novais Ângela, Grosso Filipa, Rodrigues Carla, Chifiriuc Mariana Carmen, Lazar Veronica, Peixe Luísa
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OBJECTIVES: The present study was designed to provide a snapshot on carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=11) and Acinetobacter baumannii (n=7) isolates in hospitalized patients (November 2011, January-March 2012) from two main hospitals in Bucharest, south Romania. METHODS: Clonality among isolates was established by PFGE, MLST and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Carbapenemases were screened...
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