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SUBMITTER: Almuzara MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3421493 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20120612 8
In the literature, only three Brevundimonas diminuta environmental isolates carrying metallo-β-lactamase genes were recently published. However, so far, no B. diminuta clinical isolates carrying these carbapenem resistance genes have been described. Here we report the first VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase-producing B. diminuta clinical isolate obtained from an immunocompromised patient. ...[more]