%0 Journal Article
%T Metallo-beta-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated in hospitals in Recife, PE, Brazil
%A Magalh£żes
%A Vera
%A Lins
%A Ana Kelly
%A Magalh£żes
%A Marcelo
%J Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
%D 2005
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
%R 10.1590/S1517-83822005000200005
%X out of 24 nosocomial strains of pseudomonas aeruginosa from recife, brazil, 15 (62%) were metallo-b-lactamase producers. such isolates were resistant to main antipseudomonas drugs, except polymixyn b and aztreonam. the enzyme responsible for the carbapenem-resistance belongs to spm-1 class, and the gene involved, blaspm-1, is likely plasmid located.
%K pseudomonas aeruginosa
%K multidrug-resistance
%K metallo-b-lactamase.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1517-83822005000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en