The presence of blaIMP genes on plasmids DNA isolated from multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains at University Hospital in Bialystok (Poland)--first report.

Resistance to carbapenems is emerging, and it is a great problem to therapeutics. Seven multidrug-resistant (MDR) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains were isolated from urine and bronchial specimens. All isolates showed resistance to imipenem and meropenem (MIC; > or =16 mg/L). The resistance t...

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Main Authors: Piotr Wieczorek, Tomasz Hauschild, Marcin Zórawski, Paweł Sacha, Jadwiga Jaworowska, Piotr Jakoniuk, Elzbieta Tryniszewska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2008-01-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4516