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Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 60(10): 6418-21, 2016 10.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27503648
RESUMEN
A novel metallo-ß-lactamase gene, blaIMP-27, was identified in unrelated Proteus mirabilis isolates from two geographically distinct locations in the United States. Both isolates harbor blaIMP-27 as part of the first gene cassette in a class 2 integron. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing indicated susceptibility to aztreonam, piperacillin-tazobactam, and ceftazidime but resistance to ertapenem. However, hydrolysis assays indicated that ceftazidime was a substrate for IMP-27.