Metallo-beta-lactamase VIM-2 in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Portugal

Resistance to carbapenems is emerging, and it is a great problem to therapeutics. Three isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Portuguese hospital identified in urine and sputum, in 1995, presented a high-level resistance to imipenem (32 mg/L). Afterward, one isolate of P. aeruginosa recovered fr...

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Main Author: Cardoso, O (author)
Other Authors: Leitao, R (author), Figueiredo, A (author), Sousa, JC (author), Duarte, A (author), Peixe, LV (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/21340
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/21340

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