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Molecular analysis of the integrons of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected by nationwide surveillance programs across Japan.
BMC microbiology - 21 Feb 2015
Mano Yoko, Saga Tomoo, Ishii Yoshikazu, Yoshizumi Ayumi, Bonomo Robert A, Yamaguchi Keizo, Tateda Kazuhiro
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BACKGROUND: We investigate the evolving molecular epidemiology of metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected in a 100 institution, nationwide surveillance study in Japan from 2004 to 2006. RESULTS: MBL-producers were detected in 23/996 isolates (2.3%) in 2004 and 21/992 (2.1%) in 2006. Antimicrobial resistance (specifically, carbapenem resistance) rates between two periods did...
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