Nosocomial Infections with IMP-19−Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Linked to Contaminated Sinks, France

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Amoureux, Lucie ; Riedweg, Karena ; Chapuis, Angélique ; Bador, Julien ; Siebor, Eliane ; Péchinot, André ; Chrétien, Marie-Lorraine ; de Curraize, Claire ; Neuwirth, Catherine
• Description:
  We isolated IMP-19-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa from 7 patients with nosocomial infections linked to contaminated sinks in France. We showed that blaIMP-19 was located on various class 1 integrons among 8 species of gram-negative bacilli detected in sinks: P. aeruginosa, Achromobacter xylosoxidans, A. aegrifaciens, P. putida, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, P. mendocina, Comamonas testosteroni, and Sphingomonas sp.
• Subjects:
  Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors Beta-Lactamases Cross Infections Drug Resistance, Bacterial Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pseudomonas Infections Water Microbiology
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(2):304-307.
• Pubmed ID:
  28098548
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5324815
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  France
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1576076b2801d99add407399fbe1c958b7d59d0414347ee17394a1601e3fab0f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44362/cdc_44362_DS1.pdf
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