| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3347802 | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This study was conducted to identify metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) producers among a collection of 75 nonrepetitive carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates recovered between November 2003 and May 2007 at the University Hospital Sahloul, Sousse, Tunisia. Five isolates produced the MBL VIM-2. Those blaVIM-2-positive isolates were clonally related according to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis. This carbapenemase was very likely chromosomally located and as a form of a gene cassette in a class 1 integron. This is the 1st report of spread of VIM-2 producers in Tunisia.
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Authors
Wejdene Mansour, Laurent Poirel, Dalia Bettaieb, Olfa Bouallegue, Noureddine Boujaafar, Patrice Nordmann,