Characterization of a rare blaVIM-4 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Serratia marcescens clinical isolate in Hungary

A carbapenem-resistant S. marcescens isolate was recovered from a patient with an inflammed pacemaker inplantation pocket from a Cardiac Surgery ward in a Hungarian University Hospital. Phenotypic tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed a very rare gene responsible for production of a ca...

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Main Authors: Ákos Tóth, Attila Makai, Laura Jánvári, Ivelina Damjanova, Márió Gajdács, Edit Urbán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020310756