First isolation of blaIMP-7 in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Japan.
We report here the first isolation in Japan of a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain that carries the metallo-beta-lactamase gene bla(IMP-7). This isolate revealed high-level resistance to all of the tested antibiotics except for piperacillin, showing a multidrug-resistant phenotype.
Kouda
Shuntaro
S
Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Kasumi 1-2-3, Hiroshima city 734-8553, Japan.
Kuwahara
Ryuichi
R
Ohara
Masaru
M
Shigeta
Masanobu
M
Fujiwara
Tamaki
T
Komatsuzawa
Hitoshi
H
Usui
Tsuguru
T
Sugai
Motoyuki
M
D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000235:genetics*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
D001618:beta-Lactamases; C524617:beta-lactamase IMP-7 protein, Pseudomonas aeruginosa