High-level expression of IMP-5 carbapenemase owing to point mutation in the -35 promoter region of class 1 integron among Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
Eight strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing IMP-5 carbapenemases were collected from three Portuguese hospitals. All isolates were epidemiologically unrelated. The bla(IMP-5) gene was inserted into a class I integron previously reported in Acinetobacter baumannii 65FFC. Expression of the the b...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/21328 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/21328 |