Surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Puerto Rican Medical Center Hospitals: dissemination of KPC and IMP-18 beta-lactamases.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 53(4): 1660-4, 2009 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19188398
During a 6-month period, 37/513 (7.2%) Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates belonging to 13 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) groups from Puerto Rican hospitals were carbapenem nonsusceptible. Seven of 37 isolates from four PFGE groups carried bla(IMP-18), and 25/37 isolates from seven PFGE groups carried bla(KPC). The results indicated the clonal spread of bla(KPC)-positive P. aeruginosa isolates into several Puerto Rican hospitals and the dissemination of bla(IMP-18) and bla(KPC) into genetically unrelated isolates.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Beta-Lactamases
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Carbapenems
Type of study:
Screening_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
United States