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SUBMITTER: Giakkoupi P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC149675 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20030201 2
Fifty-eight imipenem-nonsusceptible (MIC >or= 8 microg/ml) Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated during May 2001 in 15 Greek hospitals were studied. Thirty-six isolates derived from nine hospitals carried VIM-type metallo-beta-lactamase genes, as found by PCR. In 34 isolates, bla(VIM) was associated with class 1 integrons of various sizes. DNA sequencing indicated the presence of bla(VIM-2) gene cassettes in a variety of integron structures. Random amplified polymorphic DNA typing suggested di ...[more]