title: VEB-1-like extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Kuwait.
abstract: Two clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients in intensive care units in Kuwait were resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and showed a synergistic effect between ceftazidime and clavulanic acid. This is the first report of extended-spectrum enzymes from nosocomial isolates from the Middle East.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poirel
authors.forename: V O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Rotimi
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mokaddas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karim
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nordmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000201:enzymology*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C119424:beta-lactamase VEB-1, E coli; D001618:beta-Lactamases