Emergence of metallo-β-lactamases GIM-1 and VIM in multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Apr;67(4):1043-5. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkr579. Epub 2012 Jan 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Molecular Typing
  • Pseudomonas Infections / classification
  • Pseudomonas Infections / epidemiology*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / genetics
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / enzymology*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases