title: Molecular epidemiology of VIM-4 metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas sp. isolates in Hungary.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, National Center for Epidemiology, 1097 Budapest, Gyáli út 2-6, Hungary. libischb@oek.antsz.hu
authors.forename: Balázs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Libisch
authors.forename: Mónika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muzslay
authors.forename: Mária
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gacs
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Minárovits
authors.forename: Márta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knausz
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watine
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ternák
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kenéz
authors.forename: Ildikó
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kustos
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rókusz
authors.forename: Klára
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Széles
authors.forename: Boglárka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Balogh
authors.forename: Miklós
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Füzi
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D001618:beta-Lactamases; C477893:beta-lactamase bla(VIM-4), Pseudomonas aeruginosa