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SUBMITTER: Toth A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7327745 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heliyon 20200627 6
A carbapenem-resistant <i>S. marcescens</i> isolate was recovered from a patient with an inflammed pacemaker inplantation pocket from a Cardiac Surgery ward in a Hungarian University Hospital. Phenotypic tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed a very rare gene responsible for production of a carbapenemase ( <b><i>bla</i></b> <sub><b>VIM-4</b></sub> ), which was further characterized by Sanger-sequencing. The characterization of this <i>S. marcescens</i> strain emphasizes the ongoing ...[more]