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SUBMITTER: Mendes RE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1913225 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mendes Rodrigo E RE Castanheira Mariana M Toleman Mark A MA Sader Helio S HS Jones Ronald N RN Walsh Timothy R TR
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20070430 7
Seven bla(IMP-1)-harboring Acinetobacter sp. isolates and one Pseudomonas putida clinical isolate were recovered from hospitalized patients. All isolates possessed a class 1 integron, named In86, carrying the same cassette array [bla(IMP1), aac(6')-31, and aadA1], which was plasmid located in five of the isolates. This report describes the ability of nonfermentative nosocomial pathogens to acquire and disseminate antimicrobial resistance determinants. ...[more]