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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Surveillance of carbapenem-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Puerto Rican Medical Center Hospitals: Dissemination of KPC and IMP-18 β-lactamases
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 53, No. 4, Year 2009
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During a 6-month period, 37/513 (7.2%) Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates belonging to 13 pulsed-fleld gel electrophoresis (PFGE) groups from Puerto Rican hospitals were carbapenem nonsusceptible. Seven of 37 isolates from four PFGE groups carried blaIMP.1B, and 25/37 isolates from seven PFGE groups carried blaKPC. The results indicated the clonal spread of WaKPC-positive P. aeruginosa isolates into several Puerto Rican hospitals and the dissemination of blaIMPmls and blaKPC into genetically unrelated isolates. Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Wolter, Daniel J.
United States, Omaha
Creighton University
Khalaf, Noha Gamal
United States, Omaha
Creighton University
Egypt, Helwan
Helwan University
Robledo, Iraida E.
Puerto Rico, San Juan
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Vázquez, J. Guillermo
Puerto Rico, San Juan
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Santé, I. Maria
Puerto Rico, San Juan
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Aquino, Edna E.
Puerto Rico, San Juan
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Goering, Richard V.
United States, Omaha
Creighton University
Hanson, Nancy Dohse
United States, Omaha
Creighton University
Statistics
Citations: 109
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1128/AAC.01172-08
ISSN:
00664804
e-ISSN:
10986596