| Literature DB >> 17900848 |
Azar D Khosravi1, Fatemeh Mihani.
Abstract
The antimicrobial activities of 6 common antimicrobial agents including carbapenems were tested against 100 clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates using a disk diffusion method. All imipenem (IPM)-resistant isolates were screened for metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) production by Etest assay and were subsequently subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis with the bla(IMP) and bla(VIM) genes. Of 41 IPM-nonsusceptible isolates detected, 8 (19.51%) appeared to produce MBL, as determined by Etest. Using PCR assay, these isolates were positive for bla(VIM) genes, whereas none were positive for bla(IMP) genes.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17900848 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.08.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803