Nosocomial infection by VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas putida

• Published in: Journal of medical microbiology Vol. 59; no. 7; pp. 853 - 855
• Main Authors: TREVINO, M, MOLDES, L, HERNANDEZ, M, MARTINEZ-LAMAS, L, GARCIA-RIESTRA, C, REGUEIRO, B. J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Society for General Microbiology 01.07.2010
• Subjects: Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacteriology; beta-Lactamases - metabolism; Biological and medical sciences; Cross Infection - microbiology; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genes, Bacterial; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Pseudomonas Infections - microbiology; Pseudomonas putida - drug effects; Pseudomonas putida - enzymology; Pseudomonas putida - genetics; Pseudomonadales; Nosocomial infection; Enzyme; Bacteria; Hydrolases; Pseudomonadaceae; β-Lactamase; Pseudomonas putida

Nosocomial infections caused by multidrug-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas putida isolates have been reported occasionally in severely ill or immunocompromised patients. Here we report the microbiological characteristics of what are believed to be the two first carbapenem-resistant VIM...