Molecular epidemiology of VIM-4 metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas sp. isolates in Hungary.
VIM metallo-beta-lactamase-producing serotype O11 or O12 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates infecting or colonizing 19 patients from seven hospitals in Hungary were characterized between October 2003 and November 2005. Macrorestriction analysis revealed the involvement of hospitals from three different towns in northwest Hungary in an outbreak caused by VIM-4-producing P. aeruginosa.
Libisch
Balázs
B
Department of Bacteriology, National Center for Epidemiology, 1097 Budapest, Gyáli út 2-6, Hungary. libischb@oek.antsz.hu
Muzslay
Mónika
M
Gacs
Mária
M
Minárovits
János
J
Knausz
Márta
M
Watine
Joseph
J
Ternák
Gábor
G
Kenéz
Eva
E
Kustos
Ildikó
I
Rókusz
László
L
Széles
Klára
K
Balogh
Boglárka
B
Füzi
Miklós
M
D001483:Base Sequence; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D032023:Integrons; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D001618:beta-Lactamases; C477893:beta-lactamase bla(VIM-4), Pseudomonas aeruginosa