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Emergence of a pandrug-resistant VIM-1-producing Providencia stuartii clonal strain causing an outbreak in a Greek intensive care unit.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 May 2015
Douka Evangelia, Perivolioti Efstathia, Kraniotaki Elena, Fountoulis Kimon, Economidou Foteini, Tsakris Athanassios, Skoutelis Athanassios, Routsi Christina
Abstract excerpt
Here we describe an outbreak caused by a pandrug-resistant Providencia stuartii strain involving 15 critically ill patients in a Greek intensive care unit (ICU) during September-November 2011. All isolates harboured the blaVIM-1 gene and a class 1 integron structure of 1913 bp as well as blaSHV-5 and blaTEM-1. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) demonstrated that isolates from all 15 patients belonged to a...
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