Metallo-β-lactamases: a last frontier for β-lactams?

G Cornaglia, H Giamarellou… - The Lancet infectious …, 2011 - thelancet.com
Metallo-β-lactamases are resistance determinants of increasing clinical relevance in Gram-
negative bacteria. Because of their broad range, potent carbapenemase activity and …

IMP-type metallo-β-lactamases in Gram-negative bacilli: distribution, phylogeny, and association with integrons

WH Zhao, ZQ Hu - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Twenty-nine IMP-type β-lactamases (IMPs) have been identified in at least 26 species of
clinically important Gram-negative bacilli from more than 24 countries/regions. Most of bla …

OXA-24 Carbapenemase Gene Flanked by XerC/XerD-Like Recombination Sites in Different Plasmids from Different Acinetobacter Species Isolated during a …

M Merino, J Acosta, M Poza, F Sanz… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A clinical strain of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus resistant to carbapenems was
isolated from a blood culture sample from an inpatient in a hospital in Madrid (Spain) during …

Genomic dynamics of species and mobile genetic elements in a prolonged blaIMP-4-associated carbapenemase outbreak in an Australian hospital

A Kizny Gordon, HTT Phan, SI Lipworth… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Hospital outbreaks of carbapenemase-producing organisms, such as bla IMP-4-
containing organisms, are an increasing threat to patient safety. Objectives To investigate …

Analysis of integrons and associated gene cassettes of metallo-β-lactamase-positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Malaysia

Y Khosravi, ST Tay, J Vadivelu - Journal of medical …, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
In this study, 90 non-replicate imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IRPA)
Malaysian isolates collected between October 2005 and March 2008 were subjected to a …

[HTML][HTML] Acinetobacter spp. Infections in Malaysia: A Review of Antimicrobial Resistance Trends, Mechanisms and Epidemiology

F Mohd. Rani, NI A. Rahman, S Ismail… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter spp. are important nosocomial pathogens, in particular the Acinetobacter
baumannii-calcoaceticus complex, which have become a global public health threat due to …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and characterization of a virulent bacteriophage infecting Acinetobacter johnsonii from activated sludge

N Fan, R Qi, M Yang - Research in Microbiology, 2017 - Elsevier
A double-stranded DNA phage named AJO1, infecting Acinetobacter johnsonii, which plays
an important role in wastewater treatment, was isolated from activated sludge in a full-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of class I, II, and III integrons among Acinetobacter Baumannii isolates from hospitalized patients in Isfahan, Iran

M Halaji, A Rezaei, M Zalipoor, J Faghri - Oman Medical Journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives This study aimed to determine the prevalence of class I, II, and III integrons
among clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected from hospitalized patients …

Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms and Genetic Diversity of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia

S Biglari, A Hanafiah, S Mohd Puzi, R Ramli… - Microbial Drug …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii has increasingly emerged as an
important nosocomial pathogen. The aim of this study was to determine the resistance …

Metallo-β-lactamase–producing imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates in a university teaching hospital in Malaysia: detection of IMP-7 and …

Y Khosravi, ST Tay, J Vadivelu - Diagnostic microbiology and infectious …, 2010 - Elsevier
Ninety (n= 90) imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IRPA) clinical isolates
collected randomly during 2005 to 2008 from University Malaya Medical Center were …