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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.


ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Wolter DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2663076 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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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 DJ   Khalaf Noha N   Robledo Iraida E IE   Vázquez Guillermo J GJ   Santé Maria I MI   Aquino Edna E EE   Goering Richard V RV   Hanson Nancy D ND  

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20090202 4


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 genetic  ...[more]

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