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. 2006 Jun;12(6):981-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1206.051097.

VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase in Acinetobacter baumannii

Athanassios Tsakris  1 , Alexandros Ikonomidis, Spyros Pournaras, Leonidas S Tzouvelekis, Danai Sofianou, Nicholas J Legakis, Antonios N Maniatis
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VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase in Acinetobacter baumannii

Athanassios Tsakris et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

In 2004 and 2005, 5 metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL)-positive Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were found in 2 Greek hospitals. Isolates were unrelated and carried blaVIM-1 in a class 1 integron; bla(OXA-51-) and bla(OXA-58-like) carbapenemase genes were also detected. VIM-1 MBL in Acinetobacter spp. causes concern, given the increasing resistance of this species.

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Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of ApaI-restricted genomic DNA of the 5 blaVIM-1-positive Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. The index numbers of the isolates are those listed in the Table. Lane M, molecular mass marker (48.5 kb).
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