Multiniche Screening Reveals the Clinically Relevant Metallo-ß-Lactamase VIM-2 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Far from the Hospital Setting: an Ongoing Dispersion Process?

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

Sandra Quinteira (Author) Other; Luísa Peixe (Author) FFUP

Journal

Title: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Vol. 72 No. 5

Pages: 3743-3745

ISSN: 0099-2240

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology

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FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Other medical sciences

CORDIS: Health sciences

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Resumo (PT): A screening study of the presence of metallo-ß-lactamases (IMP and VIM types and SPM-1) in isolates from different nonhospital sources was conducted, and it revealed the presence of blaVIM-2, associated with the In58 class 1 integron, in two unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from aquatic habitats. The results suggest that the hospital setting was the possible origin of these blaVIM-2-carrying strains <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/72/5/3743"> Texto integral</a> <br> <br>

Abstract (EN): A screening study of the presence of metallo-ß-lactamases (IMP and VIM types and SPM-1) in isolates from different nonhospital sources was conducted, and it revealed the presence of blaVIM-2, associated with the In58 class 1 integron, in two unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from aquatic habitats. The results suggest that the hospital setting was the possible origin of these blaVIM-2-carrying strains <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/72/5/3743"> Full text </a> <br> <br>

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific