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Surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Puerto Rican Medical Center Hospitals: dissemination of KPC and IMP-18 beta-lactamases.
Wolter, Daniel J; Khalaf, Noha; Robledo, Iraida E; Vázquez, Guillermo J; Santé, Maria I; Aquino, Edna E; Goering, Richard V; Hanson, Nancy D.
Affiliation
  • Wolter DJ; Center for Research in Anti-Infectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA.
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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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Beta-Lactamases / Carbapenems Type of study: Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Language: En Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Year: 2009 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Beta-Lactamases / Carbapenems Type of study: Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Language: En Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Year: 2009 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States