title: VIM-2 metallo-beta-lactamase in Achromobacter xylosoxidans in Europe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Hippokration General Hospital, 54642, Thessaloniki, and Department of Basic Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sofianou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Markogiannakis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Metzidie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pournaras
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsakris
mesh_terms: D042441:Achromobacter denitrificans / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000368:Aged; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D017931:DNA Primers; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000382:microbiology*; D005060:Europe; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; C425108:beta-lactamase bla(vim-2); D001618:beta-Lactamases