Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control113845322631808Research ArticleVEB-1-like extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Kuwait.PoirelL.RotimiV. O.MokaddasE. M.KarimA.NordmannP.Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.May-Jun200173468470

Two clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients in intensive care units in Kuwait were resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and showed a synergistic effect between ceftazidime and clavulanic acid. This is the first report of extended-spectrum enzymes from nosocomial isolates from the Middle East.