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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. Tripoli metallo-β-lactamase-1 (TMB-1)-producing Acinetobacter spp. with decreased resistance to imipenem in Japan
[Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Tripoli metallo-β-lactamase-1 (TMB-1)-producing Acinetobacter spp. with decreased resistance to imipenem in Japan
Shizuo Kayama 1,2, Norifumi Shigemoto 1,2,3, Wataru Shimizu 1,2,3, Ryuichi Kuwahara 1,2,4, Mitsuyasu Ikeda 1,2,5, Kouji Ikebe 1,5, Kikuyo Maeda 2, Junzo Hisatsune 1,2, Hiroki Ohge 1,6 and Motoyuki Sugai 1,2
Published ahead of print 21 January 2014, doi: 10.1128/AAC.01790-13 <CITE>AAC.01790-13 </CITE>
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Author Affiliations: <SUP>1</SUP>Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551 <SUP>2</SUP>Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551 <SUP>3</SUP>Department of Surgery I, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551 <SUP>4</SUP>Clinical laboratory, Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Futaba-no-sato 3-1-36, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 732-0057, Japan <SUP>5</SUP>Clinical laboratory, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 738-8503, Japan <SUP>6</SUP>Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551
ABSTRACT
We recently reported Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying bla<SUB>IMP</SUB>-type metallo-β-lactamase gene variants showing paradoxical resistant phenotype: resistant to virtually all β-lactams except imipenem (1, 2).?
FOOTNOTES
Corresponding to: Motoyuki Sugai, Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Kasumi 1-2-3 Hiroshima, Hiroshima 734-8551. Phone (81) 082 257 5635, Fax (81) 082 257 5639, E-mail: sugai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Copyright ? 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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Tripoli metallo-β-lactamase-1 (TMB-1)-producing Acinetobacter spp. with decreased resistance to imipenem in Japan
Shizuo Kayama 1,2, Norifumi Shigemoto 1,2,3, Wataru Shimizu 1,2,3, Ryuichi Kuwahara 1,2,4, Mitsuyasu Ikeda 1,2,5, Kouji Ikebe 1,5, Kikuyo Maeda 2, Junzo Hisatsune 1,2, Hiroki Ohge 1,6 and Motoyuki Sugai 1,2
Published ahead of print 21 January 2014, doi: 10.1128/AAC.01790-13 <CITE>AAC.01790-13 </CITE>
<CITE></CITE>
Author Affiliations: <SUP>1</SUP>Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551 <SUP>2</SUP>Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551 <SUP>3</SUP>Department of Surgery I, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551 <SUP>4</SUP>Clinical laboratory, Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Futaba-no-sato 3-1-36, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 732-0057, Japan <SUP>5</SUP>Clinical laboratory, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 738-8503, Japan <SUP>6</SUP>Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551
ABSTRACT
We recently reported Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying bla<SUB>IMP</SUB>-type metallo-β-lactamase gene variants showing paradoxical resistant phenotype: resistant to virtually all β-lactams except imipenem (1, 2).?
FOOTNOTES
Corresponding to: Motoyuki Sugai, Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Kasumi 1-2-3 Hiroshima, Hiroshima 734-8551. Phone (81) 082 257 5635, Fax (81) 082 257 5639, E-mail: sugai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Copyright ? 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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