Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in malaysia producing IMP-7 beta-lactamase.

We have isolated and identified a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain from Malaysia that produces an IMP-7 metallo-beta-lactamase. This isolate showed high-level resistance to meropenem and imipenem, the MICs of which were 256 and 128 micro g/ml, respectively. Isoelectric focusing ana...

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Main Authors: Ho, Siaw Eng, Subramaniam, Geetha, Palasubramaniam, Selvi, Navaratnam, Parasakthi
Format: Article
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2002
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/452/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC128803/?tool=pubmed
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